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by zamadatix 1642 days ago
Using the built in formatter is optional, you'll be free to run your own formatter.

Right now you might be more worried about how the current compiler can't even compile Zig correctly before worrying about what stylistic choices it can handle. I'm a tabs guy myself but it's really quite irrelevant at the moment - the focus is still on figuring out how Zig should work and making that happen not day to day usability of the current toolsets for end users.
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Vendan 1642 days ago
Please see https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/544#issuecomment-36396... and https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/663. In particular, `For every codepoint of zig source code, it is an error for the codepoint to be one of U+0000-U+0009, U+000b-U+001f, U+007f, U+0085, U+2028, U+2029`. Hard tab is U+0009, which is called out as specifically an error. This could just be stale docs, but it's linked to from the wiki as well: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/FAQ#why-does-zig-fmt-hav.... Again, if this is all old, please ignore (and maybe make it a priority to update?). But the general tone is: "No tabs, only spaces"
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zamadatix 1641 days ago
The first issue is closed with a nicely written message of how hard tabs will be supported and why they aren't now. The second issue links to the first issue when the point of hard tabs are brought up. The FAQ you link at the end contains, directly above the section you linked, a version of the explanation in the first issue, while the exact section you linked also links back to the first issue anyways.

So yes, all of the quotes and conclusions you found are either old or wrong according to the very pages you linked. No, it doesn't need to be updated (or prioritized?) as they all conclude with supporting tabs you just hadn't read all of what you're citing.

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If there is still any doubt for some reason rather than trolling through GitHub issues from 2017 I'd recommend sticking to the current FAQ from 2021 which has a section dedicated to this question: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/FAQ#why-does-zig-force-m... as this is the fully current and authoritative answer on the status of tab support, regardless of where bits of past discussion lay on the matter.

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