On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Christopher Barker apparently wrote: > Indentation is syntax in python -- we do need to all do it > the same way, and four spaces is the standard -- there > simply isn't another reasonable option if you want o share > code with anyone else.
Last comment (since this has already gone too long): There are large projects that accept the use of either convention. (E.g., Zope, if I recall correctly.) BUT projects set their own style guidelines, and I am NOT in any way proposing that NumPy change. (Not that it would possibly matter if I did so.) But just to be clear: the common arguments against the use of tabs are demonstrably false and illustrate either ignorance or use of an incapable editor. Nobody with a decent editor will ever have problems with code that consistently uses tabs for indentation---a choice that can easily be signalled by modelines when code is shared on a project that allows both conventions. Cheers, Alan _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
