Comment on Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
In this kind of debate, to people refer to tabs as actually entering the tab character, or to the use of tabs involving immediate replacement with a specified number of spaces?
For instance vscode allows the usage of the tab butting to enter 2 or 4 spaces when pressed, would that be considered tab or spaces?
CameronDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Thats spaces.
kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That said, I do think a lot of newbies think it’s “Tabs”, which fuels a not-insignificant portion of this debate.
CameronDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Definitely is a misconception. The video posted by another commentor (Silicon Valley clip) implies spaces is manually pressing space 4-8 times. Which we should all be able to agree is madness :)