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[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 74 points 7 months ago

The sole purpose of the tab key is for instructing the editor to insert four spaces.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 7 months ago

To insert a........ TAB. Not four or any n number of space but TAB

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 12 points 7 months ago

After years of ass-whopping by python interpreter for stray tab characters, I'm now mentally rejecting the existence of tab character in my computing devices.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago

Isnt that only because you "mixed" spaces with tabs? I have had no issues with python and tabs with no spaces for intendation

[-] hansl@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Yep the ASCII table just goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, …

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