On 12/23/2014 10:24 AM, pypythotho wrote:
In Command Prompt, 'python -m idlelib' helped me to dicover the
problem source. An explicit message told that an indentation was
insconsistant in the file ntpath.py I modified previously with
notepad++. I replaced a tab by 4 spaces and IDLE run again like a
charm.
[It was python, not Idle, that had a problem with the tab.]
The stdlib .py files (should all) use the PEP8 standard 4 space indents.
Idle comes configured to convert tabs to 4 spaces.
Notepad++ does not. Settings -> Language Menu/Tab Settings lets one set
a default tab handling setting and langauge-specific tab settings.
Python should be configured for tabsize 4 and [X] replace tab with
space. Unless, of course, one uses tabs. But then one should either
not edit stdlib files or make sure to switch every time one edits one.
I have had settings disappear after upgrading (ugh).
Similar comments apply to other code editors.
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