Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.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: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:29:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <64d4fb7c-6a75-4b5f-b5c8-06a4b2b5d0cb@googlegroups.com> <906d8c05-99dc-4209-854c-7988ca7c78e3@googlegroups.com> <95b2bc1c-57a2-48c9-85ea-cf1004c9e26c@googlegroups.com> <5160cc44$0$29995$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1365456551 2390 64.122.56.22 (8 Apr 2013 21:29:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:29:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:43094 On 2013-04-08, Walter Hurry wrote: > Personally I have always used 4 spaces. I use it in SQL, shell > scripts and Python. It makes code simple to read, and unambiguous. Same here -- mostly because that's what the emacs "Python-mode" does by default, and it seems to be commonly accepted "right way". All things being equal, I'd pobably pick 2 or 3, but 4 is fine. > The fact of Python enforcing it (or all tabs; a poor second choice) > is *a good thing*, easy and natural IMHO. No need for "end if" or > "end loop" or "fi". One wonders whether OP is simply trolling. If he was trolling, he certainly deserves a prize. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Here we are in America at ... when do we collect gmail.com unemployment?