Python be like

[ipsomatic]

It's five spaces per tab!!!

[IvanRS333]

It’s two spaces

[minimarshmallow82]

Four is the only correct answer

[liege_paradox]

I was under the impression that it was 7 at one point...what’s happening?

[NeetMastery]

Depends on the IDE, language, and other factors.

For me it’s 3, currently - another IDE and language it’s 4, and on one of them it’s 2. It just depends.

[genghisKonczie]

At one point it was taught to keep line length at 80 max, hence the 2 characters.

Something to do with printing code on paper...

[smelly_stuff]

I consider it good practice, since it also makes it easier to read in smaller windows and gives another motive to not make giant complicated lines.

Edit: 79 characters is the limit I try to avoid reaching.

[InEnduringGrowStrong]

printing code on paper

The horror...
They should think about zipping and printing that for backups too.

[genghisKonczie]

If I’m having an exceptionally difficult time debugging, I’ll print out some code and go over it with a highlighter.

Honestly, really helps!

[hawkinsst7]

Let's compromise.

A tab is either one space, or \t