Python's biggest compromises
Andrew Dalke
adalke at mindspring.com
Mon Aug 4 14:56:32 EDT 2003
Mel Wilson:
> (Idea for obfuscated Python: a program that mixes spaces
> and tabs in the indenting so as to perform two or more
> distinct useful functions depending on the space-to-tab
> rate. Bonus points for a program that undoes itself at
> different settings.)
That's just not possible because Python only has one setting
for a tag - 8 spaces. At most there would appear to be a
difference if your editor was configured to display tabs as,
say, 4 spaces. But Python's understanding of it would not
change.
Andrew
dalke at dalkescientific.com
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