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SubjectRe: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces
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Le samedi 10 novembre 2007 à 13:04 +0100, DervishD a écrit :
> Hi Benny :)
>
> * Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com> dixit:
> > I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention
> > described below that I personally found the most practical with
> > several different editors.
>
> While I respect you opinion about tabs, I find tab indentation the most
> evil thing ever invented. Even if done right (that is, not indenting
> using a mixture of spaces and tabs), the only advantage is that you save
> a few bytes.

Who cares ?
The only advantage is that people can make tabs as big (or as small) as
they wish. Tabs become "logical indentation". So one's indentation isn't
forced on anotherone's editor.

Xav


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