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

submitted 2 years ago by mac@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Tabs for indent, spaces for alignment. This is the way, I can't believe people are still fighting that ?

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tabs let you define how big you want each indent to be

…except when they don't. Many common environments have a hardcoded tab size of 8, which is insanely big for using it for indentation.

[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because other people might have restricted environment which might not suit their preference is not a good reason to level it down IMO.

Also, I think 9 is the best size for indent (matter of preference), do you think I should switch to space so everyone can enjoy this wonderful view I have ?

[–] agitated_judge@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, the best kind of indent. A tab and a space.

[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Or just set tabsize to 9, that's the point :)