[issue7012] Tabs is better than spaces for identation

2009-09-28 Thread Guido van Rossum
Guido van Rossum added the comment: Wow. You (rohdef) really do sound like you are a time capsule from the eighties. Tabs would save keystrokes and bandwidth, and are not confusing? The keystrokes argument is wrong for most editors; the bandwidth argument doesn't matter due to disk size, netw

[issue7012] Tabs is better than spaces for identation

2009-09-28 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > Then some of the arguments I've heard is that some editors shows tabs > badly, although true, then most proper editors it's possible to adjust > that to your personal preference That is no option for Python. In Python, it is part of the LANGUAGE SYNTAX tha

[issue7012] Tabs is better than spaces for identation

2009-09-28 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Python started out using tabs, for some of the reasons you elaborate. Years of practical experience have shown that using tabs causes pain. Our recommendation is not going to change. -- nosy: +r.david.murray priority: -> low resolution: -> rejected

[issue7012] Tabs is better than spaces for identation

2009-09-28 Thread Rohde Fischer
New submission from Rohde Fischer : Although it's probably futile, I'll still give it a try. I can see in your tutorial that you desire 4 spaces over tabs. I have never seen a good argument for spaces (and I've seen a lot), so I'll try to convince that tabs is the way (god damn it we don't liv