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
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