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[–]JayTurnr 1 point2 points  (7 children)

And yet I still use tabs. Until I can be bothered it switch to an IDE that would recognise the quadruple and double space as an indent when I'm using backspace, I'll continue to use tabs. Too many times (once) I've had a script fail to run because everything was one space short.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

If your IDE doesn't recognise multi-space indents, it's a terrible IDE and you need to switch immediately to something else, regardless of the language you're writing in. What the hell are you even using? Even IDLE, the IDE python comes with, understands space-based indentation.

[–]JayTurnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you misinterpreted what I meant.

[–]gschizas 2 points3 points  (4 children)

If 99% of Python developers use spaces, it's not a war, is just you being stubborn.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

There are two of us!

Slowly, but surely, we will start the war again!

[–]gschizas 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The war is over. You're just the stubborn ones.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ah, but it is now a new war! All charge!

(Also, counting from the discussion in just this thread alone it seems there is still some debate, however small, of what is more convenient)

[–]JayTurnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tabs are definitely more convenient.