In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Troeger wrote: > Finally, I'd like to throw in this one from the Linux kernel sources, > from `Documentation/CodingStyle: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Chapter 1: Indentation > > Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters. > There are heretic movements that try to make indentations 4 (or even 2!) > characters deep, and that is akin to trying to define the value of PI to > be 3. > > [...] > > Now, some people will claim that having 8-character indentations makes > the code move too far to the right, and makes it hard to read on a > 80-character terminal screen. The answer to that is that if you need > more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix > your program.
Which is, of course, a load of nonsense. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
