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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:19:34 -0000 (UTC)
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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