[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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