alt Hacker NewsSpaces vs. tabs causes a lot of issues for Python programmers who share their code with other programmers. The other place where spaces vs. tabs is an issue is with makefiles, probably one of the most annoying features of POSIX.
Spaces vs. tabs causes a lot of issues for Python programmers who share their code with other programmers. The other place where spaces vs. tabs is an issue is with makefiles, probably one of the most annoying features of POSIX.
I also remember old school bourne shell wanting tabs in some places (case statements?), but bash doesn't have that issue.
These days, I try avoid them outside of makefiles.