From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net>
Cc: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:27:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1194697674.6176.1.camel@bip.parateam.prv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071110120424.GA16067@DervishD>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-10 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-08 10:36 Benny Halevy
2007-11-08 15:58 ` Chris Snook
2007-11-12 8:17 ` Benny Halevy
2007-11-10 12:04 ` DervishD
2007-11-10 12:27 ` Xavier Bestel [this message]
2007-11-10 16:50 ` DervishD
2007-11-11 9:23 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2007-11-12 8:13 ` Benny Halevy
2007-11-12 15:38 ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-11-12 16:30 ` DervishD
2007-11-11 8:57 ` Benny Halevy
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