PEP8 and 4 spaces

[Mark Lawrence]

On 04/07/2014 16:57, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> On 7/4/2014 7:57 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> On 04/07/2014 15:28, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> On 2014-07-03, Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>>>> Just watch out for mixed tabs and spaces in the same file -- a tab
>>>> counts as eight spaces and can be used interchangeably in python2.
>>>
>>> Definitely. Indenting with tabs vs. spaces is mostly personal
>>> preference (though spaces are better!). But, mixing the two is right
>>> out, and should be stomped on hard.
>>>
>>
>> Yet another reason to switch to Python 3.
>
> For new projects, sure. But since the v1.5 days I've deployed the
> current python version a dozen times a year on various one-offs so that
> I'm sure I've got every python version deployed somewhere, and they just
> run, so why fix something that works. Or upgrade it when a three line
> fix addresses the issue.
>
> Emile
>

Surely the issue of mixing tabs and spaces is much more important than 
working systems? :)

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Mark Lawrence

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