Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: I hate you all Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 15:27:34 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <64d4fb7c-6a75-4b5f-b5c8-06a4b2b5d0cb@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1365262054 23653 24.118.110.103 (6 Apr 2013 15:27:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 15:27:34 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:42920 On 2013-04-05, terminatorul@gmail.com wrote: [Mad that in 3.3 you can no longer use ambiguous mixtures of spaces and tabs within a single indent level.] My boss would refer to this as a failure to be "bug-compatible" with the previous version. Whether or not to maintain bug-compatibility when you bring out a new version is one of the eternal debates. No matter what you do, it's going to annoy somebody... -- Grant