PEP8 and 4 spaces
Roy Smith
roy at panix.com
Fri Jul 4 12:31:24 EDT 2014
In article <mailman.11497.1404486912.18130.python-list at python.org>,
George Silva <georger.silva at gmail.com> wrote:
> Isn't this an old discussion? Just configure your editor properly. In my
> team we all use spaces, but I'll be damned if I need to type 12 spaces in a
> row. I'll just configured Sublime to insert spaces instead of tabs. Problem
> solved.
On emacs, I used auto-indent mode. I hit tab, and it automatically
inserts the correct number of spaces (where "correct" is
language-specific; for Python, it uses the pep-8 rules). It also does
syntax highlighting, parenthesis and quote matching, keyword
recognition, etc.
I assume any sane editor has similar functionality. I see my coworkers
using vim, sublime, eclipse, and X-code. They all appear to do these
things, and I would thus classify any of them as sane editors. I'm sure
there are others. If the tool you're (in the generic sense of "you")
using doesn't have this type of basic language support, you should
reconsider your choice of tool.
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