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From: Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:46:55 -0400
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In article <mailman.11462.1404408676.18130.python-list@python.org>,
 Tobiah <tshepard@rcsreg.com> wrote:

> Coworker takes PEP8 as gospel and uses 4 spaces
> to indent.  I prefer tabs.
> [...]
> Just need ammo for when the hammer of code
> unification comes down.

There are so many battles to fight that are worth fighting.  This isn't 
one of them.  Just go with pep-8 and move on to solving real problems.