Re: [matplotlib-devel] Tab Characters in Python Code

Thanks.  Yes, I would consider tabs a bug.  A patch is very welcome.

Mike

Mark Roddy wrote:
> I'm trying to resolve an issue with my source base that uses
> matplotlib.  We run our CI tests with the '-tt' option which causes
> errors on mixed tabs/spaces, and this has caused our builds to start
> failing since the inclusion of matploblib on one of our projects due
> to mixed use of tab and space characters in some of the pure python
> code.  We're using v0.99.0 and I count 43 occurences of tab characters
> across 5 files in this release.  I checked out the trunk and found 26
> occurrences across 9 files.  I determined these via:
> find -name \*.py|xargs grep -P '\t', and
> find -name \*.py|xargs grep -Pl '\t'
>
> According to the style guide[1], use of tabs is a bug, but I wanted to
> inquire if this standard is still in place before filing a bug report.
>  I can provide a patch if so (which should only consist of running
> reindent).
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> 1: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/devel/coding_guide.html#naming-spacing-and-formatting-conventions
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