On Sep 13, 6:27 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:15:40 -0700, Chris Rebert wrote: > > In fact it's pretty much impossible to automatically indent Python code > > that has had its indentation removed; it's impossible to know for sure > > where the dedents should occur. > > Just like most other syntactic elements -- if you remove all the return > statements from Python code, or dot operators, it's impossible to > automatically add them back in. > > The only difference is that some (badly written?) applications mangle > leading whitespace, but very few feel free to remove other text on a whim. > > I don't recall actually using a mail client or newsreader that removes > leading whitespace when posting, but I've occasionally seen posts from > others with all indentation removed, so presumably such badly-behaved > applications do exist.
I haven't seen it in a mail client, but it's very common in internet forums. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
