[OT] Spaces/tabs (Was: simple display (from: GUI library for D))

Daniel Gibson metalcaedes at gmail.com
Mon Apr 11 01:39:19 PDT 2011


Am 11.04.2011 10:01, schrieb Jonathan M Davis:
>> Jonathan M Davis Wrote:
>>> Personally, I think that it's _horrible_ to use tabs
>>
>> Why would one fear tabs?
>
> They change depending on your editor settings. Indenting gets screwed up if
> tabs and spaces are mixed. It's just plain annoying to have an indentation of
> multiple spaces which isn't actually multiple spaces.
>
> The biggest problem though is that it just totally screws with indentation if
> tabs and spaces are mixed and that invariably happens.
>
> Tabs serve no useful purpose IMHO.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

So tabs are horrible because some people use spaces instead of tabs.


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