On 17/01/11 16:23, Westley Martínez wrote:
Hello I'm Anikom15 and I'm new. You might know me from the Arch Linux forums but whatever.
I have seen you there in between your repeated bannings...
I'm interested in helping develop pacman considering the fact I've been using the program for so long I figure I should give something back, and maybe get better at C coding, too. Okay, one question: why does the source code use tabs instead of spaces? Is there a specific reason as to why? In my experience spaces makes everything easier because tabs can mess up alignment if the editor isn't set properly.
How? As long as you stick with the coding standards and always use tabs there can be no issue.
I know what you're thinking, "These new people they come in and wanna change everything and then leave".
I was thinking you need to get a better editor...
I don't wanna change anything unnecessarily, I'd just like an explanation. Now just between you and me I think some other conventions the code is using like return statements being written like a function call are stupid as well, but those don't have dire consequences like the tabs can potentially have.
White space issues having dire consequences? It is normally the non-whitespace issues that you need to worry about.
Sorry if I sound a little invasive, I don't collaborate much.
As with any project, if you want to contribute you need to stick to the established coding standards. These are unlikely to change unless there is a very good reason to do so.
Allan
