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I would guess that tab -> spaces happens locally, and then the spaces are what's sent over the wire. So it would be whoever inserted the tab. (What other possibility could there be?)



Why would spaces be sent over the wire?


Why wouldn't they be? How else would you envision indentation working?


Well, one of the people in the scenario uses tab characters, not spaces.


Why would someone do that? ducks


Because indentation is subjective (and is different from alignment)




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