[chemfp] tab-only instead of tab-or-space

[Rajarshi Guha]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Andrew Dalke <dalke at dalkescientific.com> wrote:


> In Python it's (slightly) easier to do:

>

>  fields = line.split()     # any runs of whitespace is allowed

>                            #     and a\t\tb is two fields

>

> than to

>

>  fields = line.split("\t") # only tabs are allows,

>                            # and a\t\tb is three fields


Yes, that's true - but I like the second version as the field sep is explicit


> Have you come across anyone who ran into problems confusing

> tabs and spaces?


Myself :)

I hate Make files with a passion.

But this format is easier since I'd know exactly where tabs should be,
and any other tabs imply a badly formatted file

-- 
Rajarshi Guha
NIH Chemical Genomics Center