Who are the "spacists"?
Christian Gollwitzer
auriocus at gmx.de
Sat Mar 18 04:05:39 EDT 2017
Am 18.03.17 um 01:52 schrieb Mikhail V:
> So Python supports both spaces and tabs for indentation.
>
> I just wonder, why not forbid spaces in the beginning of lines?
> How would one come to the idea to use spaces for indentation at all?
In the Python world it is the opposite - spaces are preferred and tabs
are merely "allowed" - see PEP8
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#tabs-or-spaces
Both have advantages and disadvantages for indentation. Some ideas how
to get both have never gained widespread adoption:
http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/
Christian
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