Tabs for indentation & Spaces for alignment in Python 3?
Ned Batchelder
ned at nedbatchelder.com
Fri Dec 5 16:34:07 EST 2014
On 12/5/14 1:49 PM, Aahan Krish wrote:
> Hello Ian,
>
> So, wrt Q2, what you are saying is, the following would cause issues in
> Python 3?
>
> int f(int x,
> ......int y) {
> --->return g(x,
> --->.........y);
> }
>
> Where:
>
> ---> for tabs (used for indentation)
> .... for spaces (used for alignment)
(Aside from the fact that that isn't Python syntax *at all*), Python 3
would be OK with that indentation. It wouldn't be OK with mixed tabs and
spaces where the meaning depends on the indent width of a tab, but here
it does not.
I sincerely hope no one is seriously considering trying to maintain code
using a mix of tabs and spaces like that. That's a nightmare.
--
Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com
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