Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.lang.python > #73939
| From | Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces |
| Date | 2014-07-04 18:55 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <c1n1fbFi6omU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <53B59358.2040404@tobiah.org> <CAPTjJmqv_-89sV+X3VX03yAEXT43RgfBbcYL0W3GOLRCWGwYjQ@mail.gmail.com> <mailman.11466.1404410853.18130.python-list@python.org> <53b6019f$0$29985$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> |
Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>That's exactly the problem with tabs - whatever you think your code >>looks like with tabs, other people will see quite different picture. > > Why do you consider this a problem? It's a problem if you try to use tabs for lining things up in a tabular fashion in your source code. The solution is not to use tabs for that -- only use tabs for indentation, and use spaces for everything else. Or, as PEP 8 suggests, don't try to line things up in the first place. I know it's ironic that tabs are no good for tabulation. But it's unavoidable in a plain text format that doesn't carry any metadata about how to interpret the tabs. -- Greg
Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Paul Sokolovsky <pmiscml@gmail.com> - 2014-07-03 21:07 +0300
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-07-03 12:22 -0700
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-04 01:21 +0000
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-04 11:30 +1000
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-03 21:37 -0400
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-07-04 18:55 +1200
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2014-07-04 19:29 +0100
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-04 15:04 -0400
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-04 20:50 +0100
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-07-05 11:17 +1200
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-04 18:35 -0500
Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-07-05 00:51 -0700
csiph-web