[SM-Discuss] Request for comments - formating in spells
David Kowis
dkowis at shlrm.org
Tue Jul 22 22:34:56 EDT 2008
Ethan Grammatikidis wrote:
>> Tabs are an abomination for code readability of anything but structured
>> data as a delimiter. I don't care what editor or elixer you're using.
>
> In my view, tabs could be a very powerful tool, but are ruined by a few
> people who don't understand them, or perhaps arent' willing to take the
> care needed.
Yeps. And I don't agree with the whole abomination thing. It only takes
a little bit more effort, even in vim, to ensure that you're following
the correct tab indentations.
>
>> they're invisible at least part of the time, and that's enough to render
>> them useless.
>
> Invisible doesn't have to mean useless. It does mean you may have to
> take more care, especially if you're not used to it. Is the extra care
> worth it? I hope
>
+1
I prefer tabs for block indentation, and then spaces for formatting.
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David Kowis
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www.sourcemage.org - SourceMage GNU/Linux
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