[clue-tech] OT: Tabs vs. Spaces in Source (Was: Son's PC and intro to programming)

[Matt Gushee]

Greg Knaddison wrote:
> On 2/16/06, Jed S. Baer <thag at frii.com> wrote:
>> then maybe Python isn't a good choice. From the point of view of writing a
>> compiler to deal with an indentation-sensitive language (bletch -- IMHO),
>> how do you figure out the indentation level if you allow multiple
>> whitespace characters? Is 1 tab plus 4 spaces the same as 2 tabs?
> 
> No - they have the be the same kind of white space.

Yeah, I guess tabs are still allowed. Maybe I was just thinking of the 
policy decision at the company where I used to work, that tabs were no 
longer allowed in our code.

-- 
Matt Gushee
The Reluctant Geek: http://matt.gushee.net/rg/
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