Re: Upcoming code convention vote (was Re: [jira] Commented: (DERBY-1363) Derby should publish a well defined coding convention per the db project guidlines)

[Suresh Thalamati]

Kathey Marsden wrote:
Kathey Marsden wrote:
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Note: There is a great deal of existing code that does not match this 
convention. Changes to existing code should match the surrounding code 
for readability, matching tabs or spaces as appropriate (see Tabs) .   

Is it really necessary to use TABS on an existing code files with the 
tabs. I am wondering if it would be ok to use 4/8 spaces instead to 
match the surrounding code.


Thanks
-suresh