On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: >> Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> writes: >>> >>> I think we should not do this. We should use 4 space indents for new >>> files, but existing files should not be reindented. >> >> Well, right now many files are indented with a mix of spaces and tabs, >> depending >> on who did the edit and how their editor was configured at the time. > > That's a shame. We used to have more rigorous standards than allowing that. > >> Perhaps a graceful policy would be to mandate that all new edits be made with >> spaces without touching other functions in the file. Then hopefully the code >> base would gradually converge to a tabless scheme. > > I don't think so. I find local consistency more important than global > consistency. A file can become really hard to read when different > indentation schemes are used in random parts of the code. > > If you have a problem configuring your editor, just say so and someone > will explain how to do it.
I've never figured out how to configure emacs to deduce whether the current file uses spaces or tabs and has a 4 or 8 space indent. I always try to get it right anyway, but it'd be a lot more convenient if my editor did it for me. If there are such instructions, perhaps they should be added to PEPs 7 and 8? Thanks, Jeffrey _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
