Deprecate tabs for indenting (was Re: Indenting with tabs vs spaces)

Jeff Shannon jeff at ccvcorp.com
Mon Dec 3 18:16:45 EST 2001


David Bolen wrote:

> Erik de Castro Lopo <nospam at mega-nerd.com> writes:
>
> > You really ought to try using nothing but tabs for indentation and
> > setting the tab width in your editor to whatever you prefer.
> >
> > This is so easy and works **SO** well.
>
> Always curious about this in an "all tab" world - how do you align
> continuation lines that aren't on a tab stop?

And even if you *do* so, then how are they going to stay aligned when the
next person to look at it uses a different tab size?

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International





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