On 2005-12-11, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I don't suppose there's any good reason, then, why (for example)
> outlining tools use indentation to indicate different levels of
> significance.
>
Nobody bothers to figure out something better? Now you will argue that then
the indendation is good enough.. and I can just reply that then it's an
open research question..
A philisophical note:
An obvious defficieny of the current way we write code now is its inherent
tree-structure resulting from {}, indentation, begin/end markers or whatnot.
But the flow of code is often not a tree but a cycle.. Yet we are always
dealing with a tree-like representation of the code on screen.
This note also applies to your remark about outlining tools.
>
> I'm sorry you find the indentation unnatural and inconvenient, but you
> may have to accept that for this feature you are actually in a minority.
>
I have no problem accepting that I'm in a minority. I have a problem with
offensive people using my example arguments to riducule me.. While they
even don't want to open their minds and accept that there might be a
remote possibility that indentation is not ideal.
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