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Tabs are objectively better than spaces - gomakethings.com(gomakethings.com)

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CodeMonkey@programming.dev
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If you have your tab width set on 8, that is on you. You will also set your IDE to insert 8 spaces when you press TAB and I will cry when I have to give you a code review.

When I indent my code, I am indicating that I am in a nested block. I don’t care if, on your screen, that indent is 2, 3, or 4 characters.

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Acters@lemmy.world
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Anarchist: tab with set to 1

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kevincox@lemmy.ml
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That’s fine, when I view it I will get my preferred tab width. This situation is only anarchist with spaces, with tabs they are just a masochist.

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