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Originally Posted by Kickaha
When you're dealing with a text file where one person's editor inserts tabs, one inserts 4 spaces instead of tabs, one inserts 2 spaces instead of tabs, etc, etc, etc... it falls apart. If you have a standardized whitespace creation methodology across your editors and IDEs, then it works beautifully.
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It also becomes troublesome when working with version control software. Merging changes that alter indentation can be "painful" to say the least.