Comment by insanitybit
2 days ago
I think that tabs vs spaces is a rather extreme example because it has unexpected parser semantics - that is, it's not a style choice. So I don't think it's actually relevant to a conversation about conventions/ style.
It definitely is relevant to a discussion about linters. And as I said on my comment - it's just an example, I mentioned other types of discussions as well.
I don't think it is because spaces vs tabs impacts semantics.
Since this is a long-standing, real-world problem that linters solved, how could it not be relevant to a discussion about the usefulness of linters?
And the choice of whether to use tabs or spaces does not affect semantics. It is purely a matter of style. Indentation using tabs and indentation using spaces work in exactly the same way.
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