Re: [cowiki-dev] Tabs vs spaces -- what's the downside?

So then, could we allow leading tabs, and ban embedded ones?  I think 
this would conform to how most people work anyway...

Paul

Niels Braczek wrote:

> Sy schrieb:
>
>> I have heard some strong opinions on using spaces instead of tabs. 
>> I've never understood this, because I've always assumed that everyone
>> can use tabs and configure them neatly.
>
>
> This may be right, if tabs where restricted to be used at the 
> beginning of the line. But they may appear within a line, making 
> neatly configuring impossible.
> Example:
> \t$oneVar\t = 'value';
> \t$nextVar = 'value';
> will look fine, when tabsize is 4 or 8 spaces, but not on 3 or 5 spaces.
> So tabs are banned.
>
> Niels
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