Prothon Prototypes vs Python Classes

[Michael]

> If you are on anyone's machine, maybe some Linux server, and
> you don't find time to install an editor, then you use vim
> for instance, and it depends on its configuration how it
> handles Python code. Some indent for you the wrong way.
> You have no choice if you are fixing something in a hurry.


> I make my living by using several editors on several machines,
> all the time. 95 % is ok, but it often comes to situations where
> I have to hack "that code on this machine right now", and the user
> won't give me the rights or the time to fine-tune my editor
> environment.
> There is also no choice of "hands-off". The customer wants me
> to handle such minor problems as "the expert".
> This is no matter of choice but daily practice :-)

I understand. It just seems a bad idea to try to make the language work 
with the editors instead of fixing the editors to work with the 
language. If you're using spaces to act like tabs instead of tabs just 
because some editors munge tabs.