Deprecate tabs for indenting (was Re: Indenting with tabs vs spaces)

[Peoter Veliki]

> >With tabs, each person can set the indenting width to whatever value he/she
> >likes best.  As one person pointed out, a tab is a variable.  This
> >flexibility is tantamount to a "separation of style and content".  This is
> >an argument *for* using tabs.
> 
> Until tabs and spaces are mixed, and then we have a living nightmare.


I agree.  I said earlier that banning a mixture of the two is reasonable, banning tabs altogether is excessively intolerant and user-unfriendly.  
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