Python complaints

[Gordon McMillan]

Thomas A. Bryan wrote:

> Mikael Olofsson wrote:
> > 
> > On 24-Nov-99 Thomas Hamelryck wrote:
> >  >  Block delimitation by indenting. 
> >
> > I am one of those who appreciates this. My reason is the
> > following:
> 
> I generally don't mind this aspect of Python, but I've recently
> found that it can cause problems when transmitting code.  For
> example, I saw some code that I wanted to copy in DejaNews c.l.py
> archives, but the lines wrap in narrow columns in DejaNews.  I
> had to reindent the code.  Grrr.
> 
> I have also had problems when e-mailing code when I e-mail the
> code as text in the message instead of attaching a document.  
> 
> Is there a better way to transmit code so that possible
> indentation munging won't force the reader to reindent? 

You're thinking of Tools/scripts/pindent.py.

The major no-no for email is using tabs in the indentation, 
since most email clients happily turn them into spaces. See
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/contrib/System/tabcleaner.py
 (among others) for a tool to transform indentation. Doesn't 
deal with wrapped lines, but that's a comparatively minor 
irritation.

- Gordon