[python-win32] Request for comments - the spaces issue

[bob gailer]

Tim Roberts wrote:
> bob gailer wrote:
>> Mark Hammond wrote:
>>> In general, I *try* and stick to the Python Style Guide
>>> (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
>>
>> Interesting. I don't like the idea of 2 spaces after a period. 
>> Internet research on this topic seems to favor one space.
>
> I'm not sure where you got that.  

I googled "sites favoring 1 space after a period"

*joke*

I guess I did not read enough. The articles I read seemed to lean toward 
one space.
> Internet research seems to show that there is no agreement on this 
> topic at all.  It is interesting to me that this single topic (spacing 
> after a full stop) occupies an entire Wikipedia article, with no less 
> than 114 referenced footnotes 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_spacing).
>
> If anything, research shows that two spaces after a period increases 
> reader comprehension, 

For me I notice reading the above (especially in monospace font) the 2 
spaces are jarring, and distract me from the material I'm reading.
> but font designers don't like the aesthetics.  The general trend these 
> days is toward one space, but they'll never stop me.

What's really weird: The Harbrace College handbook says "Two spaces 
follow the period, question mark ...." Yet the book consistently uses 
one space in its own text!


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Bob Gailer
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