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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If your code takes up so much horizontal space with 4-space tabs, you're putting too much on one line or indenting too deep. 4-space tabs keeps your line length manageable.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey 2 points 9 months ago

If you have to nest more than 2 layers, rewrite your code.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Or you're using four spaces per tab, just throwing that out there. =p