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Comment by woodrowbarlow | Hacker News Reader

wait, but that defeats the purpose of both, right? if you change the width of your tabs, then the hard-spaced multi-line parts will no longer align.

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They mean like this, where `-` is tab and `.` is space:

    --def myfunc(
    ---foobar = 1,
    ---...baz = 2
    --)

(silly example, idk, you get what i mean)

No matter what size tab stops you use, the `=` will always line up vertically, because the tabs are only used for the indentation (nesting level), not the visual alignment.

No, your editor just inserts as many tabs as the initial line had, then spaces over appropriately. This will align properly with any tab setting.

I think the real problem with tabs is that so many people use weak editors.

It would be ironic to use tab characters as some kind of magnanimous concession to other developers' preferences while at the same time requiring them to drop their editor of choice.

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