Tabs are EVIL *and* STUPID, end of discussion. (Re: Tabs versus Spaces in Source Code)

Edward Elliott nobody at 127.0.0.1
Wed May 17 19:56:42 EDT 2006


William Studenmund wrote:

> The problem is that tabs take you to the next tab stop, they don't
> expand to a fixed number of spaces.

Got it.  You're talking about using tabs other than for initial line
indentation on a source file.  Yes, then tab expansion is not perfect.

-- 
Edward Elliott
UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
complangpython at eddeye dot net



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