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| From | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Tabs for indentation & Spaces for alignment in Python 3? |
| Date | 2014-12-05 22:34 -0500 |
| References | <CAFaCOgzqxcvuKBrcSkK+DRm-5pHuh6QCXi1PKG4LHGqdBjLF_A@mail.gmail.com> <m5tpqg$iqi$1@ger.gmane.org> <54827250.5060907@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.16651.1417836850.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 12/5/14 10:04 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 12/05/2014 07:31 PM, Ned Batchelder wrote: >> This is a perfect example! The code (with tabs as >--- and leading >> spaces as .) is: >> >> >-------if (!list_empty(pending)) >> >------->-------ret = list_first_entry(pending, struct async_entry, >> >------->------->------->-------.......domain_list)->cookie; >> >> Now, display it in your editor with tabs set to four spaces: >> >> >---if (!list_empty(pending)) >> >--->---ret = list_first_entry(pending, struct async_entry, >> >--->--->--->---.......domain_list)->cookie; > > However, a conscientious programmer knows that tabs could be arbitrarily > sized, so he would never do that. The Linux kernel style guide makes clear: tabs are not arbitrarily sized. In the Linux kernel, they are eight spaces. -- Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com
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Re: Tabs for indentation & Spaces for alignment in Python 3? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-12-05 22:34 -0500
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