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If you're trying to align text, then even 2 would fail when the thing you're trying to align with is an odd number of characters (name of a method, etc).
by RHSeeger 8y ago
If you're trying to align text, then even 2 would fail when the thing you're trying to align with is an odd number of characters (name of a method, etc).
- mjevans 8y agoAbsolute alignment and level of indent dependent code are two separate tasks. The former is a pre-formatted fixed-width character document that can only be viewed one way. The latter is a document which is easily processed; editors should show the intended logical representation of the information according to user preferences for conveying such meanings (though for terminal compatibility they often default to either 8 or 4 fixed width spaces in less powerful editors; still the meaning is conveyed clearly).