Why Python style guide (PEP-8) says 4 space indents instead of 8 space??? 8 space indents ever ok??

[Michael Hudson]

Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:

> Hung Jung Lu wrote:
> > 
> > Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message news:<3F971996.80B30C6D at engcorp.com>...
> > > Anyone who believes there is or will be anything new in this discussion
> > > hasn't been reading comp.lang.python or the mailing list nearly long enough.
> > 
> > Yeah, the eternal, never-ending war between the tabibans and the tabifans.
> 
> Careful.  I think you've just attracted the attention of the Bush war machine...

We have always been at war with FourSpaceTabania!

Cheers,
mwh

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