Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.030 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'alignment': 0.09; 'wrote:': 0.15; '(sun,': 0.16; 'does,': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.16; 'received:74.125.82.174': 0.19; 'received:mail- wy0-f174.google.com': 0.19; '(which': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.21; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.22; "doesn't": 0.22; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.22; 'indentation': 0.23; 'up.': 0.26; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'problem': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'sun,': 0.30; 'lines': 0.31; '17,': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'received:74.125.82': 0.39; 'received:74.125': 0.40; 'url:co': 0.63; 'subject:have': 0.74; 'subject:should': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=T/95xlwm0dr45d6ePq6DAaMlrXRG3/cebLxGnRARneo=; b=NF2JmLxCulDDPO6XxPUvPL5EJi1E3YebbksgdT0Pcw80aIIvPRaTm6yMml7r77WQpX OKsPPF3K43vkiqrEX2HlnQbZv3E3HLzdn+e+p3C5/TLb3WdzbpHqQLeA8kEVtxvxNKb6 0FvSgm/DQ3nsjNLEGhRh4avteQNjaSpDwlKAk= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4E229EE2.8070302@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:20:15 +0300 Subject: Re: Tabs -vs- Spaces: Tabs should have won. From: Dotan Cohen To: Thorsten Kampe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1310930416 news.xs4all.nl 23916 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34875 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:9733 On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 14:51, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Dotan Cohen (Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:11:40 +0300) >> So long as the indentation lines up (which it does, with tabs or >> spaces) then I do not see any problem with variable-width. > >> What are the counter-arguments? > > Alignment doesn't line up. > They do with tabs. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com