Quoting Radovan Garabik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 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. > [...] > > 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. > > so nothing :-) > the problem is not in tabs by themselves, but arises when > you mix tabs and spaces. > E.g. you configure your editor to use 2 spaces per tab, and you > add some code, but do not use tab to indent it, but spaces > (or your editor inserts spaces automatically when you press tab) > but python interpreter considers tab to be 8 spaces... yuck > the solution is: choose either tabs or spaces, but > be _consistent_, and because there is no ambiguity with spaces, > spaces are preferred.
You will never be able to get this consistent. A space or tab will always sneak in, screw you and you won't even be able to find it easily. Mike
