On 10/05/2013 11:12 AM, scott wrote:
>>> Then perhaps it's a bad idea to create a programming language where
>>> using one vs. multiple whitespace at some point makes a syntactic or
>>> semantic difference.
>>
>> Perhaps. Most people seem OK once you explain that it's the whitespace
>> that's causing their problem. Generally these same people don't make
>> that particular mistake again.
>
> Doesn't it prevent you adding in extra whitespace for readability? That
> seems like quite a limitation.

Not really.

It's not like the rule says "you must have exactly X characters of 
whitespace here, and Y characters of whitespace there".

It's only line ends and indentation that carry any special significance. 
The whitespace within the length of the line can work any way you fancy. 
And the rule about indentation is just that nested scopes must be 
indented further than the outer scope. the rule doesn't say by how much; 
that's up to you.

It's not like, say, Makefiles, where you MUST use tab characters or it 
doesn't work right. (I always thought that was absurdly stupid...)

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