Message93231
Wow. You (rohdef) really do sound like you are a time capsule from the
eighties. Tabs would save keystrokes and bandwidth, and are not
confusing? The keystrokes argument is wrong for most editors; the
bandwidth argument doesn't matter due to disk size, network speed, and
compression; and the confusion is absolutely real. Pretty much every
time I volunteer to help out a group of Python newbies there is at least
one baffling problem due to tabs/spaces. There are hundreds of different
text editors that people use on a regular basis to edit Python source
code. They all display spaces the same way; not so for tabs. Most of
them have configurable behavior for tabs, and most of the time the users
are not aware of even the existence of those settings, let alone what
setting is currently being used. |
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2009-09-28 20:34:01 | gvanrossum | set | recipients:
+ gvanrossum, loewis, r.david.murray, rohdef |
2009-09-28 20:34:00 | gvanrossum | set | messageid: <1254170040.96.0.637891544835.issue7012@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2009-09-28 20:33:59 | gvanrossum | link | issue7012 messages |
2009-09-28 20:33:59 | gvanrossum | create | |
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