* Dotan Cohen (Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:20:15 +0300)
>
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 14:51, Thorsten Kampe <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > * Dotan Cohen (Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:11:40 +0300)
> >> So long as the indentation lines up (which it does, with tabs or
> >> spaces) then I do not see any problem with variable-width.
> >
> >> What are the counter-arguments?
> >
> > Alignment doesn't line up.
> >
>
> They do with tabs.
Indentation alignment will (because you're using only spaces). Otherwise
it doesn't align (it can't), simply because of the "variable-width".
For instance (in a variable-width font):
if a == b:
var123 = 22
varxyz456 = 333
^^^^ ^^^^^
aligned not aligned
Thorsten
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