In article <mailman.11525.1404586681.18130.python-l...@python.org>, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Rick Johnson > <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Strangly, I rather fancy the idea of using tabs in code,,, > > which allow each viewer to view the code in his or her level > > of indention,,, however, i cannot justify using a tab as a > > replacement for a space. Tabs should be used for "tabular" > > data (aka: speadsheets), and since code is NOT tabular data, > > we would be wise to use the space char for indention. > > I find it a little curious that nobody ever seems to advocate the use > of vertical tabs instead of repeated newlines. It should offer the > same benefit as horizontal tabs, namely that one could then > independently configure one's editor to separate adjacent code > elements with the desired number of blank lines. But I suppose that > nobody finds that useful enough to bother with in the vertical case. Personally, I'm holding out for U+00A0 being a valid character in an identifier. Intercourse this underscore stuff. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
