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On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:26:41 -0800 (PST), Piterrr
<piterrr.dolinski@gmail.com> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:

>  For example, you open a source file in different editors and the indentation levels change even though i only have spaces, no tabs (compare Windows Notepad and Notepad++). 

	Is one using a proportional spaced font while the other is using a
mono spaced font?

>  yntax. For example, when I write "if (myVariable != 0):" then this is OK but "for (i in intAry):" results in syntax error. Apparently Python has problems with my use of parentheses. How retarded. I 

	No -- (i in intAry) is returning a single boolean result (is the
value of "i" IN the value of "intAry"), so "for (i in intAry)" becomes
the equivalent of "for True" or "for False" depending on the result of
the "in" operator.
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