Why do people use spaces over tabs?
Tabs are awesome.

Because sometimes different editors display tabs differently or different people have their tabs set to different sizes. Spaces are consistent throughout

I don't really mind the slight difference in "tab sizes", as long as the code is readable

@csessh good thing I don't code in Python then ! 😉
I do make sure I'm consistent tho and since I've only worked alone it hasn't been a problem for me yet

If you work alone you can avoid indentation completely. The debate is about communication with other people.

Except that people who usually use spaces do this...

if (var){
var foo = true;
var bar = false;
var steve = false;
}

Set IDE to use 4 spaces for tab! Done!

Both work fine until you mix them.

@farmerhands you are talking about the key, right? Because the visual width of tab is 8, according to the standard (and Python compilers)

@csessh Yes, I don't like them mixed together

All the code editors i use maps the tab button to 4 spaces. They also make sure that the lines always start at the correct indentation.

So I can just press tab once and get the benefit of space. I don't even see why this is still an issue being argued over.

who else saw the episode of silicon valley where Richard dumps a girl coz she uses spaces over tabs and prefers vim over Emacs 😂😂

I honestly didn't know this was a point of contention until I joined devRant.

use tab or space depends whether you are overweight or underweight.
if u want to loss weight, hit space 4 time or may be 10 n drink 1 cup coffee. if u want to gain, 4 cups of coffee or 10 n 1 tab.