* Steven D'Aprano (Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:37:32 -0000) > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:29:25 +0000, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > I'd personally go for spaces because: > > > > 1. I don't like things I cannot see (control characters) > > You can see spaces but not tabs? Your editor is pretty weird. In all the > editors I've every used, both spaces and tabs show up as empty white > space.
That's because the editor displays those invisible tab control characters as something they're not: spaces. > > 2. I never had problems with spaces but plenty with tabs > > What problems have you had with tabs that aren't related to buggy > applications or users that mix tabs and spaces? Fortunately I don't remember every incident when I stumbled about something weird behaving or looking. One thing I do remember is reading python source code (not my own) with a pager. The source code was badly indented. The pager was not "buggy". Thorsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
