DOS, UNIX and tabs

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <pan.2006.12.31.10.44.59.201060 at gmx.net>, Marc 'BlackJack'
Rintsch wrote:

> In <mailman.2163.1167518010.32031.python-list at python.org>, Paul McNett
> wrote:
> 
>> Everyone can choose their own number of spaces-per-tab and
>> it'll look right, as long as everyone uses a monospace font.
> 
> You never tried that with tabs plus additional spaces to line up e.g.
> arguments that are broken across lines, right?

I prefer a more two-dimensional layout, keeping consistent indentation. To
illustrate using the example from Paul McNett:

    class Apple(object):
        def contrived_example_function \
          (
            self,
            argument1,
            argument2,
            argument3,
            argument4
          ) :
            print "hello, world"
        #end contrived_example_function 
    #end Apple