[Python-Dev] Questions/comments on documentation formatting (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Tue Jan 20 04:30:02 CET 2009


On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:

From: "Brett Cannon" <brett at python.org>

1. Why is three space indents the preferred indentation level? I've also wondered about this. It is somewhat incovenient when bringing in code samples from files with four space indents.

It's just reST indentation that is 3 spaces. Code examples in the reST can be 4 spaces.

-- Regards, Benjamin



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