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Ismaeil AlJaberi about 13 hours ago

Andreas Brenner on 23 Sep 2024 at 14:55

Tabs have no coversion rate to spaces do they? They suppose to end at the same point for each line. This is not the same. Please don't do that.

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goc3 on 23 Sep 2024 at 15:07

Traditionally tabs have been equal to four spaces. However, modern code editors (including the built-in MATLAB editor) allow the user to modify how many spaces their tab key inserts (and whether or not tabs are filled with spaces).

While the poll results do indicate that about 3/5 users prefer the four-space setting, there are plenty who like to customize it otherwise. I figure that it is a good thing for the user to have control over such settings.

Ganishk D on 1 Jul 2024

Used to python's standard 4 spaces indentation.

Alexander Denman on 13 Jun 2024

I use tabs, not spaces

Bo Miller on 30 Apr 2024

I prefer 5. 4 can be a bit hard to differentiate from other formating, and 6 takes up too much space; though space considerations do fee a little arbitrary considering that most developers I've encountered prefer to use at least 2 monitors. I do try to keep to the python style guid as far as line width, but I sometimes wonder if we really need to be concerned about people reading code on legacy monitors.

Christian Schröder on 30 Apr 2024

In my own projects, I find that four is the most visually pleasing, a good balance etween readability and not wasting screen real estate. That said, I like that MATLAB allows you to choose for yourself.

Christopher Stapels on 29 Apr 2024

Used to be 5, but that wasnt even a choice. 2 since I learned Python

David on 29 Apr 2024

Obligatory Silicon Valley reference :)

Rik on 28 Apr 2024

I once followed a course where the instructor argued for 8 spaces AND a limit of 80 characters per line. His reason was that it forces you to reconsider any code that requires 3 levels of indentation, since that is really ugly. There is something to that reasoning, but I don't think it makes sense outside of a teaching context.