[wingide-users] Bug in auto-indent?

[Wingware Support]

cool-RR wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Wingware Support <support at wingware.com 
> <mailto:support at wingware.com>> wrote:
> 
>     cool-RR wrote:
> 
>         Paste this in a new file:
> 
>         if self.get(x, y) is True:
>            if 2 <= true_neighbor_count <= 3:
>                new_kids.append(True)
>            else:
>                new_kids.append(False)
>            else:
> 
>         When I press tab on the bottom row, it doesn't dedent it back.
>         If I dedent manually and press tab, it indents it. Is it a bug?
> 
> 
>     Yes, the auto-indenter is only reading back one line of context and
>     isn't paying attention to the earlier lines.
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     -- 
> 
>     Stephan Deibel
> 
> 
> I didn't understand: Is it a bug, or is the auto-indenter always looking 
> just one line back, and this is normal behavior?

Yes, I was saying it's a bug.  It is expected behavior based on the 
algorithm we implemented but I also think we could attempt to improve 
this in the future.

-- 

Stephan Deibel
Wingware | Python IDE
Advancing Software Development

www.wingware.com