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Of course not. My editor, like any proper editor, automatically inserts spaces when I hit tab.
by lukeschlather 13y ago
Of course not. My editor, like any proper editor, automatically inserts spaces when I hit tab.
- lutusp 13y ago> Of course not. My editor, like any proper editor, automatically inserts spaces when I hit tab. Which translates to "yes".
- dkuntz2 13y agoNo, it translates to "it inserts soft tabs".
- lutusp 13y ago"Soft tabs" are fiction. Show me the Python specification that says "you cannot use spaces, you must use soft tabs". The fictional soft tabs suffer from the same defect as real tabs -- they're defined in different ways in different places. Source: https://code.google.com/p/soc/wiki/PythonStyleGuide https://code.google.com/p/soc/wiki/PythonStyleGuide Quote: "Indentation: 2 spaces (no tabs)" Gee, that's funny -- no mention of "soft tabs". Source: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ Quote: "Indentation ... Use 4 spaces per indentation level." Where are the references to "soft tabs"?