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Re:Python with Braces by lutusp on Sunday February 09, 2014 @07:13PM (#7208191)
> Of course not. My editor, like any proper editor, automatically inserts spaces when I hit tab.

Which translates to "yes".

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Re:Python with Braces by dkuntz2 on Sunday February 09, 2014 @09:38PM (#7208765)
No, it translates to "it inserts soft tabs".
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Re:Python with Braces by lutusp on Monday February 10, 2014 @04:18AM (#7209957)
"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

Quote: "Indentation: 2 spaces (no tabs)"

Gee, that's funny -- no mention of "soft tabs".

Source: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

Quote: "Indentation ... Use 4 spaces per indentation level."

Where are the references to "soft tabs"?

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