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Putting our foot down for the Nth time (a.k.a. Indentation IV: electric hullabaloo) #2855

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## Why spaces? I prefer tabs

PEP 8 recommends spaces over tabs, and they are used by most of the Python community.
_Black_ provides no options to configure the indentation style, and requests for such
options will not be considered.

However, we recognise that using tabs is an accessibility issue as well. While the
option will never be added to _Black_, visually impaired developers may find conversion
tools such as `expand/unexpand` (for Linux) useful when contributing to Python projects.
A workflow might consist of e.g. setting up appropriate pre-commit and post-merge git
hooks, and scripting `unexpand` to run after applying _Black_.

## Does Black have an API?

Not yet. _Black_ is fundamentally a command line tool. Many
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