Stupid question: why tabs instead of spaces?

[antorsae]

Most of the python code I see on github uses 4 spaces instead of tabs for indentation. Is there any specific reason why fast.ai does tabs instead of spaces? Just curious.

[Gokkulnath]

@antorsae Have a look here : https://www.quora.com/Why-would-a-coder-use-spaces-over-tabs . Hope the answers are convincing enough! :) . Tabs usage is a style convention used commonly by python programmers.
P.S : Please post such generic questions in Fast.ai Forums for faster response.
~Gokkul

[antorsae]

While it may be 'common' space indenting is more common, including for `.py` files: https://medium.com/@hoffa/400-000-github-repositories-1-billion-files-14-terabytes-of-code-spaces-or-tabs-7cfe0b5dd7fd

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