Collective memory

[Mel Wilson]

In article <3F082031.3010503 at netscape.netNOTthisBIT>,
Donald 'Paddy' McCarthy <paddy3118 at netscape.netNOTthisBIT> wrote:
>Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> Python uses it for actually determining the logic in your program, which
>> IMHO is dangerous.
>>
>>     if <something>
>>         <work>
>>         <more work>
>>         <add numbers>
>>
>> Is <add numbers> part of the if statement, or did someone with different
>> tab settings from the author make a mistake and align it accidentally?
>Well, no matter WHAT the language, I find tabs are evil little things
>that introduce special cases and the need for code to handle them.
>That said though, I find python block structure (sans tabs), just fine
>thanks.

   The C equivalent is to hide a `;}` in the middle of what
looks like a huge function call.

>It would be nice if tabs as indentation for Python was deprecated but
>failing that, If you don't use tabs, its wonderful.

   If you only use tabs it's also wonderful.  The worldwide
Python community has settled on spaces.  I expand tabs in
any code I share with the world, and everybody seems happy.

        Regards.        Mel.