Re: [RFC] CodeStyle: Use spaces when aligning/decorating

From: Bob Copeland
Date: Wed Feb 27 2008 - 16:34:14 EST


> > FWIW I prefer the {deleted} language. // PI = 3;
> >
> Well, actually I like it too. But I think it should be up to the
> programmer which setting to use + it seems some people have really taken
> this to heart, going from 'tab => 8 characters wide' to '8 spaces =>
> tab', obscuring tab's position as a 'logical indention'.

Well, no one's saying that you can't configure your editor any way you
want. The tabs=8 is a good cue for the 80-column rule, though.

IMO, CodingStyle used to be a good, funny read and now it's just simply
full of boring pedantic laws.

-Bob
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