On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:29:43PM -0600, Jon Nelson wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:03:58PM -0600, Jon Nelson wrote: > > > I only see one problem with dpkg-scanlibs.py: it uses tabs > > > tabs are evil, wichert! Every editor under the sun uses different tab > > > settings. Use spaces, my man. > > > > That is precisely the reason that tabs should be used; so that people > > can display them as they like. > > Eeek! You misunderstand the root problem here, I think. > Python uses indent level to represent blocks. If those indent levels > are different in different editors, you *change* what the program does. > Unlike in C, where indentation doesn't matter, who cares? But with > Python, it can be vital. You choose 8. So does wichert. I like 2 in python, > 4 in everything else. Most of the Python community seems to prefer > either 2 or 4, and rarely 8. So what? If it is done with spaces it is > unimportant, but done with tabs it's vital.
Uh, if your editor screws up tabs that bad, you need a new editor. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
