On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 09:50 am, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > the 8-column interpretation is the only defensible use for > tabs.
Oh, that's a law of physics is it? "8 columns per tab" is one of the fundamental mathematical or physical constants baked into the nature of reality, like π ≈ 3.14159... e ≈ 2.71828... Feigenbaum constant δ ≈ 4.66920... gravitational constant G ≈ 6.673e-11 N m**2 kg**-2 fine structure constant α ≈ 7.297351e-3 etc. And here I was, in my ignorance, thinking that it was a mere convention, something that could trivially be made a config option for those tools which actually needed it: --tabwidth=4 But I guess that's just as silly as redefining π as 3 exactly. -- Steve 299792.458 km/s — not just a good idea, it’s the law! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
