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I think Deno also standardized on two spaces for indents and I find that’s not enough to be able to quickly identify the structure of code at a glance.

Is Nim requiring this at build time? If so, that would be an odd choice for a language that goes out of its way to let people call functions, capitalize variables, and manage memory however they want.

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Indent size is up to the programmer.

You can name your symbols a_b_c, ABC, abc, or aBc - it's all the same! Tabs for whitespace though..? Don't be stupid

Well there is a practical reason that in a whitespace significant language you do not want to mix indentation types. I personally prefer tabs for the user customization, but the actual reasoning that generally speaking it was(is?) hard to get tabs to render as you want in a multitude of environments whereas spaces always render as is.

Quick someone reset the inane "Days since mentioning style insensitivity".

Would it be silly to suggest that a joke about a counter for "Days since mentioning style insensitivity" might point to a legitimate gripe many folk have with the language?

It's not a “legitimate gripe” if you can safely ignore it and it won't affect you (as long as you use a consistent naming style).

My new hobby is replying on every Rust post pushing to replace :: with another symbol. Barely use Rust, don't plan to, but it sounds funny to annoy them on the smallest bikeshed I can find.

done :) https://fosstodon.org/@pietroppeter/110118215100751621

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