No one who uses tabs would ever assume a certain tab width for visual alignment. What do you base that slanderous statement on?

I've also never heard anyone argue that someone else should configure some different tab width, is there a specific language ecosystem you were in that had these insane takes?

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ben-schaaf 20 hours ago | parent [-]

To quote the linux kernel style guide:

> Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters.

Yes, tabs are used for alignment as well.

To quote the OpenBSD style guide:

> Indentation is an 8 character tab.

The GTK source code uses tabs when the number of spaces for indentation >=8. This goes against their coding-style document, but if you don't have tabs set to 8 you'll find the indentation broken.

git is the same: although it prescribes tabs if you don't set the width to 8 you'll find broken alignment everywhere.

	▲	tinco 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Oh that's terrible. I guess I'm the one that's been living in a bubble. If that's the kind of people fighting the war on our side, no wonder we lost.
	▲	RGBCube 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This is horrible and goes against the purpose of tabs. You should NEVER use tabs for alignment, only for indentation.