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		cageface on Sept 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: That's a Lot of YAML Significant whitespace is a mistake people keep making over and over again for some reason.

verdverm on Sept 28, 2023 | [–]

Use tabs to reduce whitespace chars :]

I think a more precise statement is "scoping with invisible chars"

Python has this issue too

hahn-kev on Sept 28, 2023 | | [–]

Probably because python is so popular

RealStickman_ on Sept 28, 2023 | [–]

People should start using a good editor.

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