I think the solution is to rely on hanging indents rather than trying to align with the column of the previous opening parenthesis, bracket, etc. So instead of

I think the solution is to rely on hanging indents rather than trying to align with the column of the previous opening parenthesis, bracket, etc. So instead of this: def some_method(param1 param2): statement1 you do this: def some_method( param1, param2): statement1 Hanging indents work regardless of whether you use tabs or spaces for indentation.