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Well stated.

• 3836293648 4y ago
  No, it's incredibly stupid and is missing the point. You use tabs to not be consistent. So that the crazy js person can have a 2-wide indent and the slightly visually impaired person can have an 8-wide indent without reformatting the entire codebase
  • gchamonlive 4y ago
    Are you visually impaired of have you received or read criticisms of this nature from visually impaired persons? Genuine curiosity, because if this is a matter of accessibility I would vouch for tabs. Thing is that with spaces you can also predict consistently the line length and not have code being clipped on someone's screen that set tabs for 8 spaces for some reason. In any case, I like spaces but I am impartial to either one. You seem like you have very strong opinions about the matter so I won't push the subject further.
    • dotancohen 4y ago
      > Thing is that with spaces you can also predict consistently the line length and not > have code being clipped on someone's screen that set tabs for 8 spaces for some reason. Spaces force you to worry how that other dev will see the code. Tabs are semantic - you set the editor to display how _you_ like to see it and that other dev sets the editor to display how he likes to see it.
    • 3836293648 4y ago
      I've recieved. But I'm also the crazy person who uses an 8 wide indent anyway