Issue #20387: Backport fix from Python 3.4

Lib/tokenize.py

@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ class Untokenizer:
 
     def untokenize(self, iterable):
         it = iter(iterable)
+        indents = []
+        startline = False
         for t in it:
             if len(t) == 2:
                 self.compat(t, it)
@@ -205,6 +207,21 @@ class Untokenizer:
             tok_type, token, start, end, line = t
             if tok_type == ENDMARKER:
                 break
+            if tok_type == INDENT:
+                indents.append(token)
+                continue
+            elif tok_type == DEDENT:
+                indents.pop()
+                self.prev_row, self.prev_col = end
+                continue
+            elif tok_type in (NEWLINE, NL):
+                startline = True
+            elif startline and indents:
+                indent = indents[-1]
+                if start[1] >= len(indent):
+                    self.tokens.append(indent)
+                    self.prev_col = len(indent)
+                startline = False
             self.add_whitespace(start)
             self.tokens.append(token)
             self.prev_row, self.prev_col = end

Misc/NEWS

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #20387: Restore semantic round-trip correctness in tokenize/untokenize
+  for tab-indented blocks.
+
 - Issue #24456: Fixed possible buffer over-read in adpcm2lin() and lin2adpcm()
   functions of the audioop module.  Fixed SystemError when the state is not a
   tuple.  Fixed possible memory leak.