"Benjamin Peterson" <benja...@python.org> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Raymond Hettinger <pyt...@rcn.com> wrote:
> > From: "Brett Cannon" <br...@python.org>
> >>
> >> 1. Why is three space indents the preferred indentation level?
> >
> > I've also wondered about this. It is somewhat incovenient
> > when bringing in code samples from files with four space indents.
>
> It's just reST indentation that is 3 spaces.
It doesn't have to be. When writing reST, I always make directives so
they will line up nicely at 4-space indents:
=====
Normal paragraph
.. Comment
.. foo::
bar
=====
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Ben Finney
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