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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I use tabs because I prefer 4-space indents and others might prefer 2-space indentation or the gross and unacceptable 6-space indentation.

If more than one person is working on a code base, there will likely be more than one preference, and with tabs everyone gets to just set their own tab width.

Yes, even the 3-space savages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's OK, I replace all the tabs with spaces for uniformity. Tabs are stupid and they mess things up when I paste stuff. I like to watch the world burn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Imagine not having an IDE that automatically fixes the spacing of pasted text.

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