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On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 00:20, Georg Brandl <g.bra...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Jeffrey Yasskin schrieb: > >> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> > wrote: > >>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> > wrote: > >>>> Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> writes: > >>>>> > >>>>> I think we should not do this. We should use 4 space indents for new > >>>>> files, but existing files should not be reindented. > >>>> > >>>> Well, right now many files are indented with a mix of spaces and tabs, > depending > >>>> on who did the edit and how their editor was configured at the time. > >>> > >>> That's a shame. We used to have more rigorous standards than allowing > that. > >>> > >>>> Perhaps a graceful policy would be to mandate that all new edits be > made with > >>>> spaces without touching other functions in the file. Then hopefully > the code > >>>> base would gradually converge to a tabless scheme. > >>> > >>> I don't think so. I find local consistency more important than global > >>> consistency. A file can become really hard to read when different > >>> indentation schemes are used in random parts of the code. > >>> > >>> If you have a problem configuring your editor, just say so and someone > >>> will explain how to do it. > >> > >> I've never figured out how to configure emacs to deduce whether the > >> current file uses spaces or tabs and has a 4 or 8 space indent. I > >> always try to get it right anyway, but it'd be a lot more convenient > >> if my editor did it for me. If there are such instructions, perhaps > >> they should be added to PEPs 7 and 8? > > > > I use this little hack to detect indentation in Python's C files: > > > > (defun c-select-style () > > "Hack: Select the C style to use from buffer indentation." > > (save-excursion > > (if (re-search-forward "^\t" 3000 t) > > (c-set-style "python") > > (c-set-style "python-new")))) > > > > (add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'c-select-style) > > > > -- where "python" and "python-new" are two appropriate c-mode styles. > > > > Anyone have something similar for Vim? > > -Brett > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/bharat.satsangi%40gmail.com > -- Thanks and Regards Bharat +91-9888674137
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