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

[Jonathan M Davis]

> On 04/11/2011 10:01 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> That's precisely what they are meant for... unlike space-indentation,
> tab-indentation respects you :-)
> Using spaces for indent is using *content* to describe *display*. It's
> messing up model with view, just like using <b> instead of <strong>.

I don't believe that the model-view issue really applies to code. For that to 
work, the model and view would have to be truly separate, and they aren't. 
Editors would have to understand the language and be able to format it based 
on what you wanted, then you could format code however you liked without 
affecting anyone else. But things just don't work that way. So, how you format 
your code matters. Using tabs screws with that unless you're completely 
consistent, and while a single developer may be consistent, groups of 
developers rarely are.

- Jonathan M Davis