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minus-squareHopFlop@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·2 years agoWhy would I use spaces if I use tabs? Also, it seemd like a huge waste of time hitting the space bar so many times…
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-22 years ago Why would I use spaces if I use tabs? To comply with Python’s best practices: https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/ Also, if you work on the Linux Kernel, you’ll see a mix of tabs and spaces: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/block/bfq-iosched.c#L390 Also, it seemd like a huge waste of time hitting the space bar so many times… You use an editor that doesn’t auto-indent?
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoI use vi without syntax highlighting.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoTo be fair you can totally bind an arbitrary number of spaces to tab in vi. I’ll dig out the syntax highlighting file some time. Oh and I use vim really.
Why would I use spaces if I use tabs? Also, it seemd like a huge waste of time hitting the space bar so many times…
To comply with Python’s best practices:
https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/
Also, if you work on the Linux Kernel, you’ll see a mix of tabs and spaces:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/block/bfq-iosched.c#L390
You use an editor that doesn’t auto-indent?
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I use vi without syntax highlighting.
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To be fair you can totally bind an arbitrary number of spaces to tab in vi. I’ll dig out the syntax highlighting file some time. Oh and I use vim really.
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