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Always use 4 spaces as indent

My god how I wish everyone did this... would make life so much easier.

Awww, I like 3! 3 makes the tab levels very distinct, without wasting space. Of course it's just a matter of personal preference. But, is 4 really a widespread standard in the Python world?

"is 4 really a widespread standard in the Python world?" yes. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

I am so sad to see this. Thanks for posting it, though. Maybe I'll...ghhk..ekkk...switch. I went through the entire PEP and found that I'm following every other convention but two (multiple imports on one line, and I seldom write docstrings).

What's wrong with 3?

IMO, indent is personal preference, and as long as you're 100% consistent, and stay away from the devil-spawn tab character, you're ok.

I read a study that showed that 2,3, or 4-space indents were equivalent for readability. Therefore, I always use 2.

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