DOS, UNIX and tabs

[Christophe Cavalaria]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:26:28 +0100, Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner wrote:
> 
>> It is, and especially the problems with tabs shows you, why it is good
>> practice to follow the standard in your own code, too...
> 
> I don't know what "problems" with tabs you are talking about. I never have
> problems with tabs. *Other people* who choose to use software that doesn't
> understand tabs have problems.
> 
> I've spent a lot of time reading both sides of the tabs versus spaces
> argument, and I haven't found anything yet that explains why tabs are, in
> and of themselves, bad.

You gave the reason in your post : because other people who are using
software that doesn't understand tabs as YOU expect them to have problems
with your code.

Tabs aren't a problem at all as long as nobody else than you edit your code.