On Wed, 04 Jun 2014 22:43:05 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > Many mail readers treat \t as a null char since it actually has no > standard translation into screen space.
I challenge that assertion. There are two standard translations into screen space: jump to the next multiple of 8 spaces, or 1 space. Treating \t as a single space would be pathetic but standard. Treating it as (up to) 8 spaces would be more useful, and standard. Rendering it as a picture of a banana dancing on the ceiling would be silly and non- standard. Not rendering it at all is even more stupid and less justified. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
