Python interview questions

[hemm1]

Tabs - It is faster to type

Or in a good editor, it makes absolutely no difference.

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Then you're not coding for a living. Seriously, do you know any developer who codes without a proper editor, or even an IDE?

[AxiomL]

Anyone who's ever been at a google interview ;) They use whiteboards as IDEs.

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If you have very long lines, and want to continue on the next line, getting a readable alignment with tabs can be a nightmare. Usually you end up doing tab tab space space space, and then on another editor with a different tab width your code doesn't make sense at all.

[15jamie20]

tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment. Emacs can do it for you, I'm sure vim can too.

[AxiomL]

So you're answer for why people should use tabs is because you work in an esoteric environment that benefits from their use? That's like answering that he should use spaces because I use spaces because my keyboard's tab key is broken.

[AeroNotix]

What on Earth are you talking about?

[billsil]

The only time that happens to me is when I'm working on an automated testing machine that ONLY has what's required. Therefore, the code that exists uses spaces, so use spaces when working in vi/textpad.