On 2010-11-07, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:53:45 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> In message <slrnid9ln8.30fm.usenet-nos...@guild.seebs.net>, Seebs wrote:
>>> Four spaces followed by a tab nearly always actually means "eight >>> spaces" to most editors (and Python seems to treat it that way), but >>> it's hard to tell. Worse, a tab may have been intended to be the same >>> thing as four spaces, and someone was expecting it NOT to be the same >>> as eight spaces... >> Whereas explicitly-bracketed languages leave no ambiguity about how many >> brackets you need and where. > Yes, and? In context, I think the comment was sarcastic, referring to C's famous ambiguities caused by optional braces. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
