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

[Christophe]

PoD a écrit :
> On Wed, 17 May 2006 21:37:14 +0800, Andy Sy wrote:
> 
> 
>>If tabs are easily misunderstood, then they are a MISfeature
>>and they need to be removed.
>>
>>>From the Zen of Python:
>>
>>"Explicit is better than implicit..."
>>"In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess..."
>>"Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules..."
> 
> 
> Exactly.
> How many levels of indentation does 12 spaces indicate?
> It could be 1,2,3,4,6 or 12.  If you say it's 3 then you are _implying_
> that each level is represented by 4 spaces.

Actually, who said you had to always use the same number of spaces to 
indent ? 12 = 6 + 6 = 4 + 4 + 4 but also 12 = 2 + 10 = 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4 :D

> How many levels of indentation is 3 tabs?  3 levels in any code that you
> will find in the wild.

No, it could be 3 levels or 3 tabs per level or 2 tabs for the first 
level and 1 tab for the second ...