Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)

On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:47:16 +0200, David Brown wrote:

On 22/08/2024 11:02, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

 
Python prohibits those space/tab inconsistencies.
 

No, it does not.  Python treats tabs (at the start of lines, which is
the only relevant point here) as 8 spaces by default.  You can change
that with command-line flags if you want.  But it is quite happy with
mixtures of tabs and spaces as long as the result after tab-to-space
conversion is consistent with Python syntax.

    src = \
    """
    def fun() :
    \t\tprint("line 1")
    \t\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20print("line 2")

    fun()
    """

    exec(src)

Output:

    TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation