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David Brownell wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2007 9:18 pm, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>> I don't think it's a MUA thing. I think David is talking about the
>> spaces after the ^\t that are used for indenting immediately under
>> the "if".
>
> Exactly.
>
> if (There was a young lady named Bright
> Whose speed was far faster than light) {
> She set out one day
> in a relative way
> }
> And returned on the previous night
>
> obeys the only-ident-by-tabs rule, as does
>
> if (To control chain reactions, your odds
> Improve if you've got cadmium rods) {
> In your fission reactor
> Their lack is a factor
> }
> In screams of "A meltdown! Ye gods!"
>
> Now, the former makes it hard to tell what's condition vs consequent.
> (Or whatever the correct technical term is in cases like these.)
Yes. And the second one is just ugly IMHO.
That's why 3 of us (IIRC) have suggested using a few spaces on
multi-line "if" statements rather than many-tabs. Like so:
> if (There was a young lady named Bright
> Whose speed was far faster than light) {
> She set out one day
> in a relative way
> }
> And returned on the previous night
but I'm ready to drop it and hope that I never have to look at
that code. :)
--
~Randy
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