Sorry about my previous posting with wrong references, this one should be better.
Steven D'Aprano wrote: >A simple example: Using zero-based indexing, suppose you want to indent >the string "spam" so it starts at column 4. How many spaces to you >prepend? No, you won't want to indent a string so it starts at column 4. You simply want to indent the string by four spaces. Like in PEP 8: /Use 4 spaces per indentation level./ >0123456789 > spam And of course your text editor will number the columns beginning with one, so the string starts at column 5. 123456789 spam -- Kai Borgolte, Bonn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list