Well, since the BDFL works at Google, I suppose they could be up on the issue. Ultimately, it is what works. Who knows? Maybe they are so looped and indented that they are running against PEP8 length of line issues.
One big bonus is that by having all the "work" code using 2 spaces, you can keep your good code (the hacks with 4 space indentations) separate from the lesser indented "good enough for work" code.
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Well, since the BDFL works at Google, I suppose they could be up on the issue. Ultimately, it is what works. Who knows? Maybe they are so looped and indented that they are running against PEP8 length of line issues.
One big bonus is that by having all the "work" code using 2 spaces, you can keep your good code (the hacks with 4 space indentations) separate from the lesser indented "good enough for work" code.