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Re: Replace Tab with 8 Spaces for .py files (issue4627062)
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Graham Percival |
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Re: Replace Tab with 8 Spaces for .py files (issue4627062) |
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Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:44:21 +0100 |
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 01:38:21PM +0000, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> <k-ohara5a5a <at> oco.net> writes:
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> > The bad news is, you replaced tabs by 4 columns when we needed 8 column.
> > The good news is, so far as I can see, there were no un-wanted changes
> > (no cases were we needed a literal tab).
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> But the GOP says "use 4 spaces per indentation level"!
In the old/bad style that emacs produced, one tab was used to
represent 8 spaces. Yes, it was doubly confusing.
Cheers,
- Graham