From: Martin v. Löwis Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:40:02 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Patch #755683: Document that there might be a maximum indentation limit. X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~346 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=171be76bddce0988ac74e47f73f7631f0be90350;p=python Patch #755683: Document that there might be a maximum indentation limit. Fixes #700827 --- diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex index 036e57d4a2..e0f1e49dfe 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex @@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ first backslash determines the indentation. \strong{Cross-platform compatibility note:} because of the nature of text editors on non-UNIX platforms, it is unwise to use a mixture of -spaces and tabs for the indentation in a single source file. +spaces and tabs for the indentation in a single source file. It +should also be noted that different platforms may explicitly limit the +maximum indentation level. A formfeed character may be present at the start of the line; it will be ignored for the indentation calculations above. Formfeed