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The theory that tab characters grant us the ability to have self-determined indent widths breaks down whenever a file contains content which is meant to be vertically aligned.
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| bar = "bar"; |
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I have seen this happen so many times.
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Come on Dan. The fact that a tab is typically 4 spaces, and "var space" is typically 4 spaces is totally a coincidence. Plus - you're setting your tab chars to what 8 chars? If you want things aligned vertically, you have to use the same chars to align them. In this case, you're not.