Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> This will work for one level of nesting.  But this means you need to
> keep track of the nesting levels when moving things around in the
> code.

    Huh?  Works for multiple levels.  I've often refactored code from simple
functions into a large class oriented framework.  That involved moving things
of multiple intention levels to line up.  Works fine.

> With syntax-driven indentation, the editor figures it out for you.

    With syntax-driven indention, the editor has to figure it out for you.

> OTOH, perhaps people can quickly *see* whether the indentation is
> right.  If it isn't, they repeat the >> command.

    Exactly.  Not to mention there's none of the holy wars over where to place
the braces.  ;)

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