emacs python mode problem

[Alex Coventry]

> However, when editing python files, from time to time the indentation
> falls back to 8 spaces. Anyone have an idea as to why this may be
> happening?

i believe python-mode attempts to guess the indentation used in the
currently visited file.  when this happens, you may want to check
whether the file you're visiting already has any indentations 8 spaces
deep.

alex.