On 2018-10-14, Christian Gollwitzer <aurio...@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 14.10.18 um 02:45 schrieb Grant Edwards: >> On 2018-10-13, Peter J. Holzer <hjp-pyt...@hjp.at> wrote: >>> >>>> For "just use tabs" to work, all of those tools would have to >>>> magically recognize that they're looking at Python source and adjust >>>> the tab size accordingly. That isn't going to happen. >>> >>> Well, no. The idea of "just use tabs" isn't have a different tab width >>> per language, but a different tab width per user. >> >> You work in a different environment than I do. for me, tab width >> varies from one project to another (sometimes even in the same >> language). I don't get to pick just one tab width. > > But if you use only tabs for indentation, the tab width setting simply > does not matter.
> There is a disadvantage only if you try to align something which is NOT > an indentation level, e.g. when there are big string constants or list > constants etc. Exactly. In my experience, people who use tabs for indentation always end up using them for other things as well: aligning comments or columns in data tables, etc. -- Grant -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
