Tabs are objectively better than spaces
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Yesterday, I shared some spicy takes. A few were particularly controversial—most notably, that I correct Gif the correct way (with a soft G)—but I also got a lot of emails asking me to elaborate on a few of them. Today, I wanted to talk about how tabs are objectively better than spaces. This won’t take long. Tabs let you define how big you want each indent to be, and spaces do not.
  • TheCee@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Original poster is right by all accounts, of course. Now, let’s come up with exotic significant indentations.

    function xyz(a, b):
|   var x = 2

|   if true:
|   |   do_something()
|   else:
|   |   do_something_else()

|   anyway()

    Pro: Your editor no longer needs to implement indentation hints.

    Con: Looks obstructive if not highlighted like an indentation hint.

    Your turn.