Shortened the variable name, and added documentation.

UltiSnips/python.snippets

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ts = '\t'
 if vim.eval("&expandtab") == 1:
     ts = " " * int(vim.eval("&ts"))
 
-indent = initial_indent + ts * 2
+indent = ind + ts * 2
 args = [arg.split('=')[0].strip() for arg in t[4].split(',') if arg]
 args = [arg for arg in args if arg and arg != "self"]
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ args = [arg for arg in args if arg and arg != "self"]
 
 if args:
     res += '\n'
-indent = initial_indent + ts
+indent = ind + ts
 for arg in args:
     res += indent + ":%s: description\n" % arg
 `

doc/UltiSnips.txt

@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ can be used: >
    t    - The values of the placeholders, t[1] -> current text of ${1} and so on
    cur  - The current text of the placeholder. You can check if this is != ""
           to make sure that the interpolation is only done once
+   ind  - The indentation text appearing before the first line of the snippet
 
 Also, the vim, re, os, string and random modules are already imported inside
 the snippet code. This allows for very flexible snippets. For example, the

plugin/UltiSnips/TextObjects.py

@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ class PythonCode(TextObject):
             'path': path,
             'cur': ct,
             'res': ct,
-            'initial_indent': self._indent
+            'ind': self._indent
         }
 
         exec self._code in d