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Should indenting be changed to 4 spaces? #57
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Indenting is currently defined to be 3 spaces: https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/HowToDocument/GeneralConventions/CodingGuidelines.html#whitespace-and-indenting
See discussions in Slack.
There have been requests to switch to 4 spaces per indent level.
Reasons for using 3 spaces
Martin Bless
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/drafts/github/wmdbsystems/RSTingWithPhpStormGuide/PHPStorm/CodingStyle.html
More on using 3 for code as well: https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/Teams/T3DocTeam/PersonalNotes/Marble/IndentCodeByThree.html
Advantages of switching to 4?
Disadvantages
current situation
Migration tasks (if switch to 4)
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