Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Sunday 07 October 2018 19:20:57 Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 14:19:15 -0400, Gene Heskett > > declaimed the following: > >But that automatically assumes one is running in a windows > > environment. I don't allow it on the premises if I own the machine. > > Are there good, alte

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Sunday 07 October 2018 18:47:45 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:46 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 07 October 2018 18:29:21 Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:26 AM Gene Heskett > > > > wrote: > > > > On Sunday 07 October 2018 17:36:34 Chris Angelico w

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On 08Oct2018 09:47, Chris Angelico wrote: On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:46 AM Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 07 October 2018 18:29:21 Chris Angelico wrote: > Ah. Fair enough, then. Basically, you want the Python equivalent of > "gcc -Wall -Wpedantic". > Is there such a critter? Not really; there's

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 10:31 AM Terry Reedy wrote: > > On 10/7/2018 2:35 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: > > > The logic is that all the text editors that are designed to work with > > Python code will KNOW to replace tab input with 3 characters, while still > > parsing the \t tab character as 4 charact

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On 10/7/2018 2:35 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: The logic is that all the text editors that are designed to work with Python code will KNOW to replace tab input with 3 characters, while still parsing the \t tab character as 4 characters; What do you mean by 'parsing a tab character as 4 characters

Re: Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

It's also useful to be aware of the standard tabnanny module for "Detection of ambiguous indentation". Very useful for highlighting problems with tabs and spaces. Peter On 8/10/2018 2:32 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 10/5/2018 11:30 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: The point that OP is trying to make is

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:46 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 07 October 2018 18:29:21 Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:26 AM Gene Heskett > wrote: > > > On Sunday 07 October 2018 17:36:34 Chris Angelico wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:27 AM Gene Heskett > > > > >

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Sunday 07 October 2018 18:29:21 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:26 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 07 October 2018 17:36:34 Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:27 AM Gene Heskett > > > > wrote: > > [...]> > > > > > Okay, but I'm trying to understand why

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:26 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 07 October 2018 17:36:34 Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:27 AM Gene Heskett > wrote: > [...]> > > Okay, but I'm trying to understand why you're referencing this in this > > thread about indentation. That would i

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Sunday 07 October 2018 17:36:34 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:27 AM Gene Heskett wrote: [...]> > Okay, but I'm trying to understand why you're referencing this in this > thread about indentation. That would imply that you at least have > reason to suspect that the problem i

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

> On Oct 7, 2018, at 4:30 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Free for Linux, Macs and Windows ... >> https://code.visualstudio.com/Download >> >> > > >> >> Bev in TX > > Thank

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:27 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 07 October 2018 14:30:04 Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 5:20 AM Gene Heskett > wrote: > > > This poster is 200% correct. Somewhere, someplace, there should be > > > easily found rule that dictates where one can u

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Sunday 07 October 2018 14:30:07 Bev in TX wrote: > > On Oct 7, 2018, at 1:19 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> That > >>> said, there is an easy fix for tab misuse: in Visual Studio Code, > >>> you can replace all Tabs with Spaces by highlighting the entire > >>> code block, hitting Tab once and

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Sunday 07 October 2018 14:30:04 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 5:20 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > This poster is 200% correct. Somewhere, someplace, there should be > > easily found rule that dictates where one can use a tab, and where > > spaces only are allowed. > > Ask the peo

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 5:39 AM Ryan Johnson wrote: > > > What library? From where? > > It was a GitHub repository for a zebra scanner (barcode scanner) module (and > sorry for calling it a library; I don’t recall if it was a library or module). > > The logic is that all the text editors that are

RE: Python indentation (3 spaces)

> What library? From where? It was a GitHub repository for a zebra scanner (barcode scanner) module (and sorry for calling it a library; I don’t recall if it was a library or module). The logic is that all the text editors that are designed to work with Python code will KNOW to replace tab inpu

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 5:20 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > This poster is 200% correct. Somewhere, someplace, there should be easily > found rule that dictates where one can use a tab, and where spaces only > are allowed. Ask the people who maintain makefiles whether that's a good thing or not. HINT: M

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

> On Oct 7, 2018, at 1:19 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> >>> That >>> said, there is an easy fix for tab misuse: in Visual Studio Code, >>> you can replace all Tabs with Spaces by highlighting the entire code >>> block, hitting Tab once and Shift-Tab after. > > But that automatically assumes

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On Sunday 07 October 2018 11:32:21 Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/5/2018 11:30 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: > > The point that OP is trying to make is that a fixed standard that is > > distinguishable from the even-spacing Tab-length convention in code > > and text editors will establish a level of trust b

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On 10/5/2018 4:48 PM, ts9...@gmail.com wrote: I am new to Python programming but have significant SQL and C experience. My simple question is,"Why not standardize Python indentations to 3 spaces instead of 4 in order to avoid potential programming errors associated with using "TAB" instead

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On 10/5/2018 11:30 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: The point that OP is trying to make is that a fixed standard that is distinguishable from the even-spacing Tab-length convention in code and text editors will establish a level of trust between the end developer and upstream developers or co-developers w

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

On 10/6/2018 3:47 PM, C W Rose via Python-list wrote: Ryan Johnson wrote: The point that OP is trying to make is that a fixed standard that is distinguishable from the even-spacing Tab-length convention in code and text editors will establish a level of trust between the end developer and upstr

Re: Python indentation (3 spaces)

Ryan Johnson wrote: > The point that OP is trying to make is that a fixed standard that is > distinguishable from the even-spacing Tab-length convention in code and > text editors will establish a level of trust between the end developer and > upstream developers or co-developers who may not have