Python indentation (3 spaces)

[C W Rose]

Ryan Johnson <rj.amdphreak at gmail.com> wrote:
> The point that OP is trying to make is that a fixed standard that is
> distinguishable from the even-spacing Tab-length convention in code and
> text editors will establish a level of trust between the end developer and
> upstream developers or co-developers who may not have the same development
> environment. For example, the first Python library I ever tried to use was
> poorly maintained and had spaces on one line with tabs on the next, and the
> author mixed naming conventions and syntax from Python 2 and 3 in his code.
> That type of experience doesn’t exactly instill trust in the coding
> language’s standards, when a noob tries to use a library they found and
> ends up having to debug weird errors with weirder error messages on the
> first project they do.

The view of the Python Gods (TM) is that significant whitespace make
Python much easier to use, particularly for the inexperienced.  If
you disagree, then use another language.

(Leibnitz had some snappy phrases on the subject of Theodicy, which
explain the matter clearly.)

Will