Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:26:28 +0100, Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner wrote: > >> It is, and especially the problems with tabs shows you, why it is good >> practice to follow the standard in your own code, too... > > I don't know what "problems" with tabs you are talking about. I never have > problems with tabs. *Other people* who choose to use software that doesn't > understand tabs have problems. > > I've spent a lot of time reading both sides of the tabs versus spaces > argument, and I haven't found anything yet that explains why tabs are, in > and of themselves, bad.
You gave the reason in your post : because other people who are using software that doesn't understand tabs as YOU expect them to have problems with your code. Tabs aren't a problem at all as long as nobody else than you edit your code. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list