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it’s merely about making proper indentation a rule. Proper indentation is a visual thing. A tab on one line, an errant space preceding a tab on the next; four spaces on the next; doesn't matter, everything lines up. 'cepting for one language. Sure, its easy to be consistent when you first type code -- I have my editor set to convert tabs to 4 spaces on input for pretty much every programming language I use. But its when you pick up a piece of someone else's code who used a different convention; or you cut and paste between files; or grab a snippet off the 'net; or just move a bit of code from one level to another... The only reliable method is to squelch every line and re-indent. Life's too damn short for such pointless, affected, self-inflicted make-work. And maybe the reason you hear it so often, is cos its true. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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