Tab vs. Space

Question

Is it better (cleaner, efficient, faster etc.) to tab indentations or use spacebar. Discuss.

Answer 1

Well, according to the Python's philosophy:

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Readability counts.

It's up to you... however if you want a clean, beautiful and readable code you should tab indentations; its let you read easily the code, identity the blocks.

Answer 2

The python style guide (PEP 8) recommends spaces. I always use 4 spaces.

Answer 3

I personally prefer tab, but many people like 2-3 spaces. It's up to personal preference.

Answer 4

tabs can be displayed differently in different editors while spaces are constant. apart from that,i dont think there is much difference.

Answer 5

tab or 4 spaces either one is recommended

Answer 6

using tabs may cause problems when changing editors,or pasting ur code to a page,or sending it to some1 else to edit.but I prefer tabs to spaces for speed.quick fix for the errors is that most editors have an option to convert tabs to 4 spaces.fixes compatibility issues between different editors