Optimal usage of tabs and spaces

Optimal usage of tabs and spaces.txt

Optimal usage of tabs and spaces
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Goal:
Minimize number of characters used while keeping everything aligned with any tab size.

Tabs should be used to align text from the same line position, so having different tab size won't misalign the text.
Spaces should be used when the line position isn't aligned, and when it becomes aligned after the spaces tabs should be used.


examples:
(using `|` to indicate alignment)


|a
|	b|		<- indentation starting from position 0
|	c|		<- indentation starting from position 0



|a
|	b  |	|// comment|		<- comment starting from 1 tab then 1 char, need to add 2 spaces to align it with the next line
|	ccc|	|// comment|		<- comment starting from 1 tab then 3 chars




Notes:
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- hard to see if spaces properly align tabs, which makes it error prone.
	- only using tabs for 0 position alignment, and spaces for the rest is not error prone
	- automated formatting won't make mistakes