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wait what (pawb.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by crimsonpoodle@pawb.social to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 95 points 1 year ago

The sole purpose of the tab key is for instructing the editor to insert four spaces.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 year ago

To insert a........ TAB. Not four or any n number of space but TAB

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 13 points 1 year ago

After years of ass-whopping by python interpreter for stray tab characters, I'm now mentally rejecting the existence of tab character in my computing devices.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Isnt that only because you "mixed" spaces with tabs? I have had no issues with python and tabs with no spaces for intendation

[-] hansl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yep the ASCII table just goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, …

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

*three spaces.

Actually, let's make that two.

[-] absentbird@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

2 space gang represent.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

They fear us. We have to hide in the shadows.

But this is just one more example of our superiority - a perfect compromise between the file size and the nightmare that is two different invisible characters