[OT] Auto code reformating / one coding style enforcment.

[Derek Parnell]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:24:05 +0200, Oskar Linde wrote:

 
> This is how Emacs works and has worked for ages. Tabs are not directly 
> used for indentation, but rather for optimizing the number of spaces 
> needed. I guess at some time in the past, those 7 bytes saved here and 
> there were well worth it. It would probably improve output speed on old 
> teletypes and save memory at the same time. Those old teletypes could 
> not redefine the tab stops anyway (well, I know the modern vt100 could, 
> but not the vt52 afaik), so any other use for the tab character wasn't 
> realistic.
> 
> Today, the benefits are not as clear... :)

Thus my reference to "being locked into the past". The need for this style
is no longer needed and hasn't been needed for quite awhile now. But
habits, good and bad, are hard to break.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
"Down with mediocrity!"