On 2010-11-02, Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > True, but the fact that diff has an option that for Python sources > will produces useless results doesn't seem like a valid indictment of > Python's syntax and semantics.
The question is *why* diff has that option. The answer is because whitespace changes (spaces to tabs, different tab stops, etcetera) are an extremely common failure mode, such that it's quite common for files to end up with unintentional whitespace changes. This, in turn, is why there are so many tools to automatically fix up whitespace type issues, such as cb/indent for C, auto-indentation for many languages (including stuff like XML) features in editors, and so on -- because it's a common problem. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
