manual_slop/conductor/directives/one_space_indent/v1.md

one_space_indent — v1

Why this iteration: Lifted verbatim from conductor/code_styleguides/python.md §1 (lines 7-12) + conductor/workflow.md §"Code Style" line 7. This is the baseline encoding — the imperative-bullet style currently in production. Future variants will test alternative encodings (rationale-first, tabular) against this baseline.

Source: conductor/code_styleguides/python.md:7-12 + workflow.md:7

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1. Indentation and Whitespace

• Indentation: 1 space per level. No tabs.
• Continuation lines: 1 space relative to the opening construct.
• Blank lines: Zero blank lines between function/method definitions within a class. One blank line between top-level definitions only when separating logically distinct sections.
• Trailing whitespace: None.
• Rationale: 1-space indentation reduces token count by ~40% compared to 4-space on deeply nested GUI code, with no loss of structural clarity for AST-based tools.

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From conductor/workflow.md "Code Style":

• 1-space indentation for ALL Python code (NO EXCEPTIONS)
• CRLF line endings on Windows
• NO COMMENTS unless explicitly requested