Re: Tab indentions on different platforms?

* Steven D'Aprano (Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:37:32 -0000)
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:29:25 +0000, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
I'd personally go for spaces because:

1. I don't like things I cannot see (control characters)

You can see spaces but not tabs? Your editor is pretty weird. In all the
editors I've every used, both spaces and tabs show up as empty white
space.

That's because the editor displays those invisible tab control
characters as something they're not: spaces.

2. I never had problems with spaces but plenty with tabs

What problems have you had with tabs that aren't related to buggy
applications or users that mix tabs and spaces?

Fortunately I don't remember every incident when I stumbled about
something weird behaving or looking. One thing I do remember is
reading python source code (not my own) with a pager. The source code
was badly indented. The pager was not "buggy".

Thorsten
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