[Python-Dev] Python -t

Barry A. Warsaw bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw)
Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:19:14 -0500 (EST)


>>>>> "PP" == Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net> writes:

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

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

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