On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:22:02 +0200 Tom Hacohen <tom.haco...@partner.samsung.com> wrote:
> On 23/10/11 09:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > i see my test worked. the irrational formatting pedants now come out of the > > woodwork. i did this to see just who would respond and how. > > You test was a bit biased from the start. Making the commit message this > provoking is sure to cause extreme and immediate responses. > > > > i added spaces on BLANK LINES that align with indenting. all it takes is an > > enter or hitting tab. all editors do this by default (with autoindent on). > > > > are these pedants (like you and vincent) proposing that we fight against our > > editors and keep undoing the work they do for us? i assume the answer is yes > > because this whole thing is irrational. > > Decent editors (and even less than decent ones), like vim, automatically > remove the automatic indentation when it was not used, i.e when you > don't insert code. > > Trailing whites are bad for a couple reasons, some of which are: > * unwanted increase in source code size (it's actually noticeable, but > hey, it's also the case with spaces vs tabs). yeah, and unnecessary prefixing of commit messages does the same. problem? > * Increased likelihood of merge clashes. It's easier to miss whitespace > changes when you don't care about them, and a lot of whites can make it > nuts. don't you use git which can avoid whitespace clashes? > * Causing annoying line-wraps for no reason. (a couple of trailing whites). use a real editor/term which doesn't have mandatory 80 character wrapping since we aren't in the 1960s anymore? > * People (I'm among them) just don't like trailing whites. oh good, finally a real point. > * Some other things I can't think about atm. > > -- > Tom. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel stop claiming there's any reason to this besides not liking trailing whitespaces. I don't like them, so I remove them. sometimes. to suggest anything different is really not going to do anything but give me (and others) some laughs. -- Mike Blumenkrantz Zentific: Doctor recommended, mother approved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
