[Tutor] "Indenting"

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Robin B. Lake wrote:

> I've RTFM'ed and searched in three Python books (Internet, Learning,
> Essential Reference)  --- and only found the issue of indenting mentioned
> in passing.  What DOES constitute an "indent"?  I know from Essential
> Reference (pg 13) that a Tab gets set every 8 spaces within Python, 
> but does a single space constitute an "indent"?

Either a tab or a space (actually, I think it's up to three spaces) is an
indent. I personally prefer a single space indent.

Mixing tabs and spaces will, with newer versions, give a syntax error,
mostly because it can make things appear to be more or less indented
depnding on the tab settings.

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