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Probably the same answer fits: if tabs (or spaces) is a problem for you then set your software environment to convert to your preference and convert back to the established use in the project.

Just use what's customary and get on with your life. If it's hurting you to see it then get therapy, you've lost proper perspective.

I do recognize this debate as important. My intention was more to provide a comparison point as to how much it costs to update terminology, to support my stance of setting the bar for a justified update low.

> it's not a waste of time, you just don't recognize it as important. defer to those who do.

In other words: if anyone says that something is to be renamed, do as they say. If you think it's nonsense or a waste of time, you're just not recognizing it as important, and they are.