Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces

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Subject	Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces
Date	Sun, 06 Jul 2014 15:34:42 -0400
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In article <mailman.11557.1404674726.18130.python-list@python.org>,
 Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Tobiah <tshepard@rcsreg.com> wrote:
> > Coworker takes PEP8 as gospel and uses 4 spaces
> > to indent.  I prefer tabs.
> 
> I recently converted from tabs to spaces.  I probably still have some
> code that uses tabs, but most of my personal stuff has been converted.
> 
> I like tabs.  Tabs work better for me than spaces, because I know how
> to use them.  Also, some "make" tools insist on tabs.

Why should the fact that Make requires tabs affect how you edit Python 
code?

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Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 12:25 -0700
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