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What are the downsides of mixing tabs and spaces?

what is wrong with ...using tabs for indentation where everyone can set their own preferred width ...using spaces for aligning multi-line code where the width does matter Nothing's wrong with … that; in fact, it's the best solution to the "tabs vs. spaces" war, because, as you've already discovered, it allows for variable depth of block indentation for the people who want it (via tab width setting …
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