[Tutor] I know you will hate this but...

[Smith, Jeff]

I'm working on a Python development project which spans multiple people.
We are all working on Windows and using the PyWin IDE.  Our code is
revision controlled using Perforce.  Already we had one instance where
the logical structure of a file was destroyed because indentation levels
were changed along the way.  I can't tell if it was done because PyWin
IDE was setup differently or because Perforce munged things on a
merge...that doesn't really matter.  It seems problematic to me to try
to enforce tool standards on people (IDE and editor settings) which may
or may not take.

My solution has been to require (as a coding standard) ending comments
on control blocks longer than one line.  At least this is something that
could be caught at submit time with an automated review tool.

I'd be interested in how anyone else has solved this problem...provided
you've seen it.

Thanks,
Jeff

P.S. An example of my solution would be:
if some condition:
	do stuff
	and more stuff
elif another condition:
	this is the elif clause
	with stuff to do
else:
	and the else clause
#endif some condition