Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-10 Thread Alan Isaac
> Alan: >> my actual question remains unanswered... Bjoern: > --indent-string or changing a config file doesn't work for you? Works great. (I read Robert's message subsequent to that complaint.) And pylint is wonderful. Alan Isaac -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-10 Thread Alan Isaac
> Alan: >> I really think you should reread the PEP, which is making >> the opposite of your point. Skip: > Quite the opposite, in fact. Laura Creighton wrote that > PEP precisely with the expectation (and hope) that Guido > would reject it, which he did: Note the title and status. Sorry Skip,

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-10 Thread Duncan Booth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0666/ In pep-0666, Laura Creighton wrote: >People who mix tabs and spaces, naturally, will find that their >programs do not run. Alas, we haven't found a way to give them an >electric shock as from a cattle prod remote

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-10 Thread John Nagle
Gabriel Genellina wrote: > En Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:33:38 -0300, Bjoern Schliessmann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > >> Alan Isaac wrote: >> >>> As a tab user, I want the tabs warning turned off. >> >> >> Advice: Don't. IIRC it's planned in future Python versions that TABs >> aren't supported fo

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-10 Thread skip
>> Finally, note this from PEP 666: Alan> I really think you should reread the PEP, which is making Alan> the opposite of your point. Quite the opposite, in fact. Laura Creighton wrote that PEP precisely with the expectation (and hope) that Guido would reject it, which he did: P

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-10 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Alan Isaac wrote: > What ambiguity? > Tabs are *less* ambiguous. > One tab character is one level of indentation. > > I have never seen this violated. Not quite a proof ... > Users of spaces cannot even count > on shared code being 4 rather than 8 spaces. You also can't count on proper TAB cod

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-09 Thread Alan Isaac
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently wrote: > Finally, note this from PEP 666: > The problem is that there is no polite way to say > 'Stop wasting your valuable time and mine.' > That's as politely as I can put it. I really think you should reread the PEP, which is making th

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-09 Thread skip
Alan> "Ben Finney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message Alan> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sticking to spaces for indentation avoids the ambiguity of >> interpretation that ASCII TAB characters are subject to. Alan> What ambiguity? Alan> Tabs are *less* ambiguous. Alan> O

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-09 Thread Alan Isaac
> Alan Isaac wrote: > > I am brand new to pylint. > > As a tab user, I want the tabs warning turned off. "Robert Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > doc/features.txt > examples/pylintrc The example is very helpful. Thanks! Alan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-09 Thread Alan Isaac
"Ben Finney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sticking to spaces for indentation avoids the ambiguity of > interpretation that ASCII TAB characters are subject to. What ambiguity? Tabs are *less* ambiguous. One tab character is one level of indentation. I have never se

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-09 Thread Colin J. Williams
Ben Finney wrote: > Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Alan Isaac wrote: >>> As a tab user, I want the tabs warning turned off. >> Advice: Don't. > > Agreed. Sticking to spaces for indentation avoids the ambiguity of > interpretation that ASCII TAB characters are subject to. In

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-08 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:33:38 -0300, Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Alan Isaac wrote: >> As a tab user, I want the tabs warning turned off. > > Advice: Don't. IIRC it's planned in future Python versions that TABs > aren't supported for indentation. AFAIK, using tabs xor spac

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-08 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Ben Finney wrote: > Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> IIRC it's planned in future Python versions that TABs aren't >> supported for indentation. > > I've not seen such plans, can you support that? No ... 8) > If you're thinking of this post from Guido, please note the date > it was ma

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-08 Thread Robert Kern
Alan Isaac wrote: > I am brand new to pylint. > As a tab user, I want the tabs warning turned off. > How? > > Larger question: > where is the config file format documented? doc/features.txt examples/pylintrc -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless e

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-08 Thread Ben Finney
Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alan Isaac wrote: > > As a tab user, I want the tabs warning turned off. > > Advice: Don't. Agreed. Sticking to spaces for indentation avoids the ambiguity of interpretation that ASCII TAB characters are subject to. In addition, PEP 8 (which many

Re: pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-08 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Alan Isaac wrote: > I am brand new to pylint. > As a tab user, I want the tabs warning turned off. > How? Advice: Don't. IIRC it's planned in future Python versions that TABs aren't supported for indentation. Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #401: Sales staff sold a product we don't offer. --

pylint: don't warn about tabs

2007-03-08 Thread Alan Isaac
I am brand new to pylint. As a tab user, I want the tabs warning turned off. How? Larger question: where is the config file format documented? Thanks, Alan Isaac PS This is a wonderful tool. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list