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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:17:51 +1100
Subject: Re: First day beginner to python, add to counter after nested loop
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Antoon Pardon
<antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
> Because it is a pain in the ass. Now suddenly my program doesn't work
> because I somehow inserted a tab instead of spaces.

I broadly agree with your post (I'm of the school of thought that
braces are better than indentation for delimiting blocks), but I don't
think this argument holds water. All you need to do is be consistent
about tabs OR spaces (and I'd recommend tabs, since they're simpler
and safer), and you'll never have this trouble. Also, the parser
should tell you if you mix tabs and spaces, so that won't trip
anything either.

ChrisA