DOS, UNIX and tabs

[Grant Edwards]

On 2006-12-28, Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVEME.cybersource.com.au> wrote:

> I've spent a lot of time reading both sides of the tabs versus spaces
> argument, and I haven't found anything yet that explains why tabs are, in
> and of themselves, bad.

They aren't.  Using tabs isn't bad.  Using both tabs and spaces
is bad, so the people managing the official Python source tree
picked one.  Maybe they've got reasons for liking spaces over
tabs. Maybe they just flipped a coin.  It doens't matter.  What
matters is picking one and sticking with it.

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