On 2016-04-18 21:14:02 +0000, Pete Forman said:
Why is it that Python continues to use a fixed width font and therefore
specifies the maximum line width as a character count?
An essential part of the language is indentation which ought to continue
to mandate that lines start with a multiple of 4 em worth of space (or
some other size or encode with hard tabs, that is not germane to my
question). The content of the line need not be bound by the rules needed
to position its start.
I wrote a semi-serious, somewhat tongue-in-cheek article entitled "Your
code style guide is crap, but still better than nothing." a number of years
ago, and reposted it towards the end of last year. It would seem to apply
here, as the fundamental disconnect isn't just "use of N space
characters", but "use of space characters at all".
From the article:
Do you use spaces in a word processor to line up bullet points? If you
do you’ll be first against the wall when the revolution comes!
http://s.webcore.io/2K0W0m2T2e2f
It also touches on points raised by others, such as Elastic Tabstops.
— Alice.
--
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
