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[Rhodri James]

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:49:06 -0000, Tim Harig <usernet at ilthio.net> wrote:

> On 2010-11-03, Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au>  
> wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:26:56 +0000, Tim Harig wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Seebs, Python is the only language I know that promotes  
>>> the
>>> use of spaces over tabs;
>>
>> Really? I'm not aware of *any* language that promotes tabs over spaces.  
>> I
>> thought the tabs vs spaces war was mostly won by spaces over a decade  
>> ago
>> (apart from a few plucky freedom fighters who will never surrender).
>
> Python is the only language that I know that *needs* to specify tabs  
> versus
> spaces since it is the only language I know of which uses whitespace
> formating as part of its syntax and structure.  Mixed usage may be  
> annoying
> in other languages; but, it breaks Python.

I regard this as a strength.  I have wasted far too much time at work  
writing review comments that could be paraphrased as "your broken editor  
settings have made this (C code) unreadable."

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Rhodri James *-* Wildebeest Herder to the Masses