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"Use 4 spaces per indentation level."
` —Python PEP coding indentation standard


When writing code, programmers like to format their source code for a variety of reasons. Imagine reading the code listed below (taken from the Linux kernel source code). You will see, among other things, sections of code within curly braces {}, which respresent the limits of, say, an if statement or a function. You'll also notice that stuff listed after the opening brace is indented. In part this is for legibility, so the reader can more easily see the various divisions and sections in the code. Over time, various standards have been set as to how code is to be indented. Python PEP states four spaces, The Linux kernel standard specifies eight spaces, which is the same

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