[Python-Dev] Python -t

Paul Prescod paul@prescod.net
Thu, 10 Feb 2000 17:48:53 -0800


> as some later languages have
> done, just decree that, henceforth, tab characters in source code are
> illegal.  Period.

Why	not	disallow	spaces	instead	of	tabs?  Space	separated	source	code	is
so	cramped	anyhow.

I'm	trying	to	think	what	"later"	languages	you	are	describing.

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