does it work well when the source is printed? why not just use spaces to indent instead of redefining a tab? I'm curious-- what do other apache projects say in this regard?
Sorry, but I can't resist participating in religious debates :) --- Rick Hillegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Before injecting a massive singularity into our code > archaeology, I > would like to better understand the passionate > objection to tabs. Let me > explain my perspective: I use a crude, old-fashioned > editor called > emacs. My tabs are configured at 4 space intervals. > With this setting, I > almost never have a problem reading the existing > code. So who is having > problems and why? Do other people's IDEs silently > bulk reformat the > code? Can that behavior be disabled? Could we be > satisfied with the > following simple rules, which used to satisfy us > nine years ago: > > 1) Ladies and gentlemen, set your tabs to four > spaces. > 2) Don't bulk reformat other people's code. > > I hope we are not headed into a religious war. > > Regards, > -Rick > > Myrna van Lunteren wrote: > > > On 5/31/06, Rodrigo Madera > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Why do you all hate tabs sooo much?? > >> > >> On 5/31/06, Bernt M. Johnsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I heartily agree. We definitely need an > enforced standard on > >> > this. > > > > [snip] > > > >> > And, we should definitely get rid of the tabs. > >> > > >> > > > > > > > I personally can happily accept whatever standard > is decided on, and > > I'll admit I like making tabs. :-) > > > > But, when looking at code, you cannot tell whether > you see tabs or > > spaces unless you actually scroll over the blank > bits with a cursor > > key... > > > > Also, in most editors tabs are configurable to > 'mean' (be represented) > > varying number of spaces, and thus, open to > interpretation. It gets > > even worse when you think of using IDEs - these > automatically create > > the idents for you based. Some tools will convert > tabs into spaces > > when you perform cut-and-paste... > > > > All in all, when working with a group of people, > it's easy to end up > > with a mishmash of tabs and spaces and especially > with having a mix of > > tabs and spaces on the same line is very > confusing. > > > > Settling on the non-configurable 'space' seems > cleanest. > > > > Myrna > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
