In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ben Sizer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> "Carl Banks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Always use spaces when posting, and use them in your code as well. >> >Spaces are the current recommended practice, and in the future tabs >> >might become illegal. I'd prefer tabs myself, but it's more important >> >to respect community standards than to stick to some silly preference >> >you have. >> >> Tab stops every 4 columns. What's silly about that? Any other definition >> is silly, or at best antiquated. > >Every day I come across people or programs that use tab stops every 2 >or 8 columns. I am another fan of tabs every 4 columns, but >unfortunately this isn't standard, so spaces in Python it is. All we have to do is keep using and promoting 4-column tabs every chance we get. I've been using them myself for about 18 years. Eventually they'll become accepted as the standard. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
