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    \$\begingroup\$ This fails in python3: you can no more mix spaces and tabs(a bad thing for codegolf, but a good thing in all other cases). \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 19, 2013 at 15:41
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    \$\begingroup\$ In python 3.4 this seems to work fine. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Aug 15, 2016 at 23:09
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    \$\begingroup\$ @trichoplax, In python 3.4.3 I get TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 3, 2016 at 5:16
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    \$\begingroup\$ For reference, a tab is worth 8 spaces. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 29, 2018 at 22:35
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    \$\begingroup\$ Note that your editor may be changing the tab characters into space. This happened to me in VSCode. The trick there is to 1) enable whitespace rendering - "editor.renderWhitespace": "all" and 2) stop the editor from replacing it with whitespace - "editor.insertSpaces": false, "editor.detectIndentation": false. (VSCode version 1.46.1). If you want these to work only for the current golfing project, you can add a local settings.json file to the current workspace. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 22, 2020 at 10:11