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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 11:08:21 +1100
Subject: Re: how to reduce bugs due to incorrect indentation
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On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> wrote:
> pep8 pushed \t to dark side in Python.

Only for the Python stdlib, and only because a decision has to be made
one way or the other. I believe Guido stated at one point that there
was only a very weak push toward "spaces only" rather than "tabs
only", just that it had to be one of those.

ChrisA