Re: tabs v spaces in Emacs's source files

[Miles Bader]

Bill Wohler <address@hidden> writes:
>> With TABs, an unlucky indentation boundary can cause code to jump many
>> display columns to the right, due to the "+"/"-" column along the left
>> edge of the diff.  This makes reading diffs of TAB-indented code a dicey
>> game.
>
> In addition to generating unreadable diffs, tabbed programs also
> produce unreadable output in a terminal window or when printed.

Are we done with the silly hyperbole now?

-Miles

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