Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:14:21 -0800 | From | Benny Halevy <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] CodeStyle: Use spaces when aligning/decorating |
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On Feb. 26, 2008, 14:16 -0800, Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se> wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:47:10 +0100 ricknu-0@student.ltu.se wrote: >> >> >>> Relaxing the 'tab = 8 character', which leads to 'don't tab the alignment'. >>> By only using tabs for indentation, we solidify it as a 'logical indentation'. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se> >>> --- >>> To'ed the people who showed interest in the (apparently not so new) >>> question/suggestion of not using tabs when aligning. >>> If this looks ok, then checkpatch.pl is next... >>> >>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle >>> index 6caa146..1b3f448 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle >>> +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle >>> @@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ Anyway, here goes: >>> >>> Chapter 1: Indentation >>> >>> -Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters. >>> -There are heretic movements that try to make indentations 4 (or even 2!) >>> -characters deep, and that is akin to trying to define the value of PI to >>> -be 3. >>> +This project is recommended to be viewed with a tab-width of 8 characters >>> +(and other code). >>> >> FWIW I prefer the {deleted} language. // PI = 3; >> > Well, actually I like it too. But I think it should be up to the > programmer which setting to use + it seems some people have really taken > this to heart, going from 'tab => 8 characters wide' to '8 spaces => > tab', obscuring tab's position as a 'logical indention'. > > Richard Knutsson >
How about this:
-Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters. -There are heretic movements that try to make indentations 4 (or even 2!) -characters deep, and that is akin to trying to define the value of PI to -be 3. +Tabs are used for logical indentation, e.g., code is indented with +a number of tabs equal to its nesting level. From there on, +use space characters for decorative indentation. This method +is agnostic to the editor's tab-expansion settings. +That said, expanding tabs to a small number of spaces (4, or even 2!) encourages +excessive nesting and resulting over-complexity; that is akin to trying to define +the value of PI to be 3. Therefore, tabs are always assumed to be 8 characters-wide.
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