Why not enforce four space indentations in version 3.x?

[Aahz]

In article <260f0f1f-1115-4db8-a955-74c9f459ecc3 at h30g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>,
walterbyrd  <walterbyrd at iname.com> wrote:
>
>I believe Guido himself has said that all indentions should be four
>spaces - no tabs.
>
>Since backward compatibility is being thrown away anyway, why not
>enforce the four space rule?

Probably the main reason is that Guido also hates non-functional code
changes because it messes up version history.  Not sure, though.
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