Hello, I know this topic was discussed a *lot* in the past, sorry if it
bores you... From the Daily Python-URL I've seen this interesting Floating Point
Benchmark: http://www.fourmilab.ch/fourmilog/ar...08/000567.html
This is the source pack: http://www.fourmilab.ch/fbench/fbench.zip
I've read its Python sourcecode, probably there few things that can be
changed to speed it up some (like moving the main code in a function,
using Psyco, or even vectorizing it with numarray), but I've had
problems in changing the code because it mixes tabs and spaces for the
indentations.
I like a lot how Python uses indentations, I've never had problems with
them in my programs, but I have big problems when I find a source that
mixes them (I often need time to find how much spaces a tab is, to try
to convert them all in spaces).
I know that some people likes tabs, and other people likes spaces, so
probably a single standard cannot be enforced, but I think the python
compiler must generate an error (and stop compiling) when the
sourcecode of a module contains both spaces and tabs to indent the
lines of code (and comments lines too?).
Bye,
bearophile 17  2201 
Hallöchen! be************@ lycos.com writes: [...] I know that some people likes tabs, and other people likes
spaces, so probably a single standard cannot be enforced, but I
think the python compiler must generate an error (and stop
compiling) when the sourcecode of a module contains both spaces
and tabs to indent the lines of code (and comments lines too?).
I think the interpreter option -tt does this but I've never used it.
I agree that mixing spaces and tabs is a bad thing. Unfortunately,
my default Emacs configuration did so, whyever. I changed it a
couple of days ago. However, the PEP 8 strongly dicourages it
anyway.
Tschö,
Torsten
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Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus be************@ lycos.com wrote: Hello, I know this topic was discussed a *lot* in the past, sorry if it
bores you...
From the Daily Python-URL I've seen this interesting Floating Point
Benchmark:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/fourmilog/ar...08/000567.html
This is the source pack:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/fbench/fbench.zip
I've read its Python sourcecode, probably there few things that can be
changed to speed it up some (like moving the main code in a function,
using Psyco, or even vectorizing it with numarray), but I've had
problems in changing the code because it mixes tabs and spaces for the
indentations.
I like a lot how Python uses indentations, I've never had problems with
them in my programs, but I have big problems when I find a source that
mixes them (I often need time to find how much spaces a tab is, to try
to convert them all in spaces).
I know that some people likes tabs, and other people likes spaces, so
probably a single standard cannot be enforced, but I think the python
compiler must generate an error (and stop compiling) when the
sourcecode of a module contains both spaces and tabs to indent the
lines of code (and comments lines too?).
What's wrong with mixing spaces and tabs? Either way, it's pretty easy
to convert back & forth. In Vim:
:set expandtab
:%retab
In article <11************ **********@g44g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>,
<be************ @lycos.com> wrote:
I know that some people likes tabs, and other people likes spaces, so
probably a single standard cannot be enforced, but I think the python
compiler must generate an error (and stop compiling) when the
sourcecode of a module contains both spaces and tabs to indent the
lines of code (and comments lines too?).
Python 3.0 will prohibit tabs.
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The way to build large Python applications is to componentize and
loosely-couple the hell out of everything.
Aahz wrote:
<snip> Python 3.0 will prohibit tabs.
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The way to build large Python applications is to componentize and
loosely-couple the hell out of everything.
Are you kidding? You are going to MANDATE spaces?
Robert
Christopher Subich wrote: si*****@gmail.c om wrote:
Are you kidding? You are going to MANDATE spaces?
Actually, future whitespace rules will be extensive. See:
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache...hread%3D101968
(google cache of
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpo...?thread=101968 because it
seems to be down at the moment)
The only change from April 1, 2005 is that the enforcement is punted
until Python 3.0, because of the source-incompatible nature of the change.
"Lrf, vg'f na Ncevy Sbbyf' wbxr.".decode(' rot13')
Downright unpythonic!
--
"""Va Nhthfg? Gung'f pehry. V nyzbfg jrag onpx gb Crey!
Univat arire frra "GBBJGQV" orsber abj, V nz fgvyy ynhtuvat cerggl uneq.
""".decode('rot 13')
That is rediculous. If that happens...Pytho n comes of my list of
languages to use. Are they going to mandate 4 spaces as well?
Robert
Ah!!! I read it and noticed the date "April 1st". Doh!
On 13 Aug 2005 13:18:21 -0700, si*****@gmail.c om declaimed the following
in comp.lang.pytho n:
Are you kidding? You are going to MANDATE spaces?
After the backlash, Python 4.0 will ban leading spaces and require
tabs <G>
(Especially when M$ decides to ban fixed-width fonts, and uses
micro-spaces such that the difference between one space and eight spaces
is only a display pixel <G>)
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