Erik Engheim
Jun 3, 2021

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No, it isn't because it allows automatic formatting tools to do their job, rather than you manually having to indent everything properly, and bicker about the correct indentation style with co-workers.

Making whitespace semantically significant in this manner is akin to polutting HTML with lots of stylistic elements instead of sticking to semantics. Keep style and semantics separate.

Significant whitespace create a number of problems, which I cover here: https://erik-engheim.medium.com/the-case-against-significant-whitespace-32d391081155

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Erik Engheim
Erik Engheim

Written by Erik Engheim

Geek dad, living in Oslo, Norway with passion for UX, Julia programming, science, teaching, reading and writing.

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