Detect Indentation using 8-character indentation instead of 4 characters

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.27.2
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2018.8.0
• OS and version: macOS 10.12.6
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.6.5, Anaconda Intel build
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | …): conda
• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: None

Actual behavior

Pressing return e.g. after a function signature (def somefunc():) or tab (whether there is text selected or not) results in an indentation eight characters wide.

This appears to be specific to the contents of my code file as I cannot reproduce with a new Python file.

Expected behavior

Four-character indentation as per previous versions of vscode-python and PEP 8.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a new file and save with .py extension.
2. Verify that Settings -> Detect Indentation is checked.
3. Paste in code from an existing Python file lasted edited with an earlier version of VS Code. See attached example.
4. Press return or tab as indicated in description of actual behavior.

Steps that DO NOT reproduce:

1. Open a new file and save with .py extension.
2. Verify that Settings -> Detect Indentation is checked.
3. Start typing. Indentation is four characters per keypress.

Unchecking Settings -> Detect Indentation does result in expected behavior.

Logs

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

##########Linting Output - pylint##########

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Your code has been rated at 10.00/10 (previous run: 10.00/10, +0.00)

[pylint apparently doesn’t pick up on the 8-char indentation either?]

Output from Console under the Developer Tools panel (toggle Developer Tools on under Help)

log.ts:159  INFO no standard startup: not just one window
TMSyntax.ts:47 Overwriting grammar scope name to file mapping for scope source.python.
Old grammar file: file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/python/syntaxes/MagicPython.tmLanguage.json.
New grammar file: file:///Users/arg/.vscode/extensions/magicstack.magicpython-1.0.12/grammars/MagicPython.tmLanguage
e.register @ TMSyntax.ts:47

[ralexx]

Thank you for pointing out that extension @karrtikr. It’s clearly popular, and probably will satisfy my use case.

I will leave this issue open in case the vscode-python team wishes to incorporate this functionality at some future point (which would not be unusual in the Python world; perhaps microservices are still favored in JS/TS applications?)

[karrtikr]

Pylance now supports auto-indentation so this should no longer be an issue, if you still face it feel free to open up an issue on https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release.