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Tabs are better than spaces for indentation (programming)
Spaces cannot be adjusted to personal preferences
3 supporter.
1 fallacy report.
Wrong Direction
Tabs are better than spaces for indentation (programming)
The ASCII standard is a compromise of typewriters and mainframes characters like \r, \n and \t. "Tab" stands for "tabulation" as in "table". They are used to produce table-like visual structures. Semantically, using tabs for indentation is wrong. It could be used for multi-column code though.
2 supporter.
1 fallacy report.
Fallacy Of Is To Ought
Tabs are better than spaces for indentation (programming)
Auto-format rarely handles 100% of edge cases.
1 supporter.
1 fallacy report.
Fallacy Of Red Herring
Tabs are better than spaces for indentation (programming)
Making ASCII-art with source code is painful to manage as further modification can lead to changing lines unrelated to the actual patch. This takes developer time and disrupts the blame history.
1 supporter.