Inconsistent coding style in code examples

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On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 21:00:11 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> This PR:
>
> 	https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/2973
>
> introduces a code example with 2-space indentation, whereas the 
> rest of
> Phobos and dlang.org uses 4-space indentation.
>
> I don't like this. It's inconsistent, and is detracting from the
> professional look of D. It's bad enough that we are 
> inconsistent from
> one page to another, it's even worse that this PR introduces a 
> style
> inconsistency within a *single* doc page. It makes D look 
> amateurish and
> unprofessional.
>
> Walter's reason for this is that 4-space indentation makes it 
> look bad
> on Kindle and other small-screen readers. Which is a good 
> point, but it
> shouldn't be reason for inconsistent code style throughout 
> dlang.org.
> If we decide that 4-space indentation is no good, then we 
> should switch
> *wholesale* to whatever it is we deem good. We should not be 
> introducing
> arbitrary style differences on an ad hoc basis.
>
> So, what will it be? What coding style should we use for 
> official
> language docs? Should we use 4-space indentation or 2-space 
> indentation?
> Should we reduce the maximum line length in code samples so 
> that they
> don't look horribly on narrow-width readers? Or something else
> altogether?
>
> (Note also, that the code example in question is part of a 
> ddoc'd
> unittest, which means it is also inconsistent with the rest of 
> Phobos
> code. This is a smaller issue than inconsistency in 
> public-facing docs,
> but nonetheless, it's an annoying one.)
>
>
> T

I hate 2-space tabs as much as I hate 8-space tabs.