Deprecate tabs for indenting (was Re: Indenting with tabs vs spaces)

[Greg Ewing]

Steve Lamb wrote:
> 
>     Mixing tabs and spaces?  You just suggested mixing tabs and spaces.

No, I didn't -- not for block indentation, which
is where it matters.

> Thank you for finally seeing reason and maybe now you'll 
> understand why tabs are NOT to be used.

If it's all the same to you, I think I'll continue to
use tabs for indentation and spaces for cosmetics
on the Mac, which works perfectly well with the editors 
I use there, even though I should apparently be
"understanding" that it won't. :-)

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