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Discussion on: What programming best practice do you disagree with?

 
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The argument exposed there "accessibility by default" is flawed, accessibility needs of few are often opposed for the needs of the many. If you have trouble seeing 4 space indents, almos all editors have vertical lines, different colors, font size, space markers, etc. Is a weak argument for tabs. no 2 different characters should look alike, and unless you want to use tabs for all spacing, to me tabs are out. If I see a blank character I know what it is and can even estimate how many. That's why we use text editors and not word processors in the first place or let all just use MS Word or Libreoffice Write to program.