Tab wars revisited (was Re: Python indentation)

[Jarek Zgoda]

Istvan Albert <ialbert at mailblocks.com> pisze:

>> Ambiguity sucks but a SPACE is a SPACE is a SPACE.
> 
> Is there a reason why a TAB is not a TAB is not a TAB?

Because TAB is TAB and not 8 * SPACE nor 4 * SPACE nor 2 * SPACE. In
editor you don't see a TAB, you see 8 * SPACE or 4 * SPACE or 2 * SPACE
or any number of spaces you set in your editor options. There's no
display character for TAB, it is substituted by SPACES.

As you see, TAB is down, while spaces are up. Resistance is futile. You
will be assimilated.

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Jarek Zgoda
http://jpa.berlios.de/