Tabs are just customizable whitespace. If you like 6 space indents and I like 2 space, we can both be happy if it's tabs, and just configure our editors the wa

Tabs are just customizable whitespace. If you like 6 space indents and I like 2 space, we can both be happy if it's tabs, and just configure our editors the way we like. With gofmt, there's no danger of mixing spaces and tabs (not that it's actually dangerous, since whitespace isn't important in go).