> On Mar 17, 2017, at 8:52 PM, Mikhail V <mikhail...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So Python supports both spaces and tabs for indentation. > > I just wonder, why not forbid spaces in the beginning of lines? > How would one come to the idea to use spaces for indentation at all? >
That convention dates all the way back to the IBM 026 and 029 card punches and FORTRAN. > Space is not even a control/format character, but a word separator. > And when editors will be proportional font based, indenting with > spaces will not make *any* sense so they are just annoyance. > Neither makes it sense in general case of text editing. > I think it would be a salvation to forbid spaces for indentation, > did such attemps take place? > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
