[PYTHONMAC-SIG] Future stuff for the Alpha python mode

[Guido van Rossum]

> No it just figures the minimal combination of (8space)tabs and 4
> space segments needed when you need the next deeper indent (after a
> :<return>). Personally I don't like this scheme and turn it to just
> straight spaces in emacs with (setq-default indent-tabs-mode
> nil). The tabs thing just complicates matters and having a feature
> in Alpha to always expand tabs to spaces would be fine with me.

Yes.  You will at least have to accept files containing a mix of
tabs and spaces, and understand that a tab is worth 8 spaces.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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