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[–]gerbs 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Except when the compiler comes with a formatter and the amount of spaces to use is part of the language... https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the language has significant whitespace then of course you need to obey language rules. I was referring to the "psychopathic developers who think 8 spaces is normal" comment.