tabs and spaces in py3k

[inyeol.lee at gmail.com]

On Dec 7, 8:51 pm, ru... at yahoo.com wrote:
> The following code works under 2.6
> ----
> def foo():
>         a = 1
> <.tab..>b = 1
> ----
> but results in a TabError in Python 3k
>
>   File "x.py", line 3
>     b = 3
>         ^
> TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation
>
> The py3k docs say the same thing as the 2.6 docs,
> namely that tabs are expanded to spaces prior to
> determining the line's indentation.  (Language
> Ref, Lex Anal, Line Struct, Indentation)
> (I wish someone would put the section numbers
> back in the docs.)  No mention of this change
> (that I noticed) in What's New or NEWS.txt.
>
> Do the Py3k docs need correction?

-tt option in python 2.x is now default in python 3.0.
Apparently it got slipped from any documentation, including what's
new.

--Inyeol