On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 4:44 AM Peter J. Holzer <hjp-pyt...@hjp.at> wrote: > > On 2018-10-08 10:36:21 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > > TBH, I think that tab width should be up to the display, just like the > > font. You're allowed to view code in any font that makes sense for > > you, and you should be able to view code with any indentation that > > makes sense for you. If someone submits code and says "it looks > > tidiest in Times New Roman 12/10pt", I'm sure you'd recommend making > > sure it doesn't matter [1]; if someone submits code and says "you have > > to set your tabs equal to 5 spaces or it looks ugly", you'd say the > > same, right? > > > > How wide my indents are on my screen shouldn't influence your screen > > or your choices. > > Theoretically I would agree with you: Just use a single tab per > indentation level and let the user decide whether that's displayed as 2, > 3, 4, or 8 spaces or 57 pixels or whatever. > > In practice it doesn't work in my experience. There is always someone in > a team who was "just testing that new editor" and replaced all tabs > with spaces (or vice versa) or - worse - just some of them. It is safer > to disallow tabs completely and mandate a certain number of spaces per > indentation level. >
Ahh yes, it hurts to stick your neck out and have someone hack at it... :| ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list