On Dec 3, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> That depends on your editor. Mine (vim) can be instructed to insert
> the appropriate amount of spaces on a tab, and remove them on a
> backspace.
So let's say that you are using 4 spaces as your standard, but
by accident type 5. You hit backspace, which deletes 4 spaces, and
you now have to mentally compute the difference in order to keep
things aligned.
See, I can make up bizarre scenarios where spaces cause
problems, too.
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