New submission from Jérôme LAURENS <jerome.laurens....@gmail.com>:
https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#indentation reads Point 1: "Tabs are replaced (from left to right) by one to eight spaces such that the total number of characters up to and including the replacement is a multiple of eight" and in the next paragraph Point 2: "Indentation is rejected as inconsistent if a source file mixes tabs and spaces in a way that makes the meaning dependent on the worth of a tab in spaces" In point 1, each tab has definitely a unique space counterpart, in point 2, tabs may have different space counterpart, which one is reliable ? The documentation should state that Point 1 concerns cPython, or at least indicate that the 8 may depend on the implementation, which then gives sense to point 2. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 335165 nosy: Jérôme LAURENS, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Indentation explanation is unclear type: enhancement versions: Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35957> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
