Tabs are a bad choice for indenting code, even if you set your editor's tabspacing to four columns. Tabs do not appear the same when printed on different output devices, or pasted into a word-processor document, or even just viewed in someone else's differently tabspaced editor.

Having lot of respect for Damian Conway I would like to point out that almost all useful editors allow you to define the tab length. Be it 2, 4 or 8 spaces. Using tabs allows every developer to have their own indentation level by defining the tab width in their preferred editor/pager/viewer settings. Using spaces forces one indentation scheme (and forcing people is a bad thing). I always tell people who are arguing over indentation that whether you choose to use tabs or spaces you must use it systematically. Do not mix tabs with spaces.

I use spaces my self (spaces are what I am accustomed to), but I do not despise tabs.

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In reply to Re^3: On Coding Standards and Code Reviews by puudeli
in thread On Coding Standards and Code Reviews by eyepopslikeamosquito

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