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[–] gun@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This is a legit observation. However, I would argue that spaces needs a set indentation width anyway, so if tabs had a set indentation width that coders are expected to maintain when aligning code, it wouldn't make a difference. Enforcing that in practice may be different, but in theory it works.