The specific number of spaces in the indentation is not important as long as parallel elements have the same left orientation and the hierarchically indented elements are further nested .
The specific number of spaces in the indentation is unimportant as long as parallel elements have the same left orientation and the hierarchically nested elements are further indented .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Available choices:
(1). no.
(2). yes.
(1).