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Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?



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On 08/10/07 23:43, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> Haskell defines TABs as being 8 spaces apart and I expect Python to do
>>> the same.
> 
>> Python should do it because Haskell does it??
> 
> Not because Haskell is so influential, but because the same causes tend to
> result in the same effects.

I didn't notice this before, but should have:

Hard-coded definition of ^I?  That's... that's... stunning.

(BTW, Python has tabnanny and string.expandtabs() to assist people
with mismatching tab issues.)

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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