On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 10:31:29 +0000, Russel Winder via
Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> That is the whole point of using tabs for indent, you can chose the
> indent amount: I tend to use 20ex.
>
> Remember a tab is not a number of spaces, it is semantic markup. Using
> spaces is a low-level hack founded on a lack of separation of concerns
> and abstraction.
The problem with tabs, IMO, are the following:
- don't look right in patches (notice the different alignment of
indented lines versus lines without any):
-int foo(int bar) {
- return bar;
-}
versus (assuming 8 space indents):
-int foo(int bar) {
- return bar;
-}
- I have yet to see an editor properly do tab-for-indent with proper
space-for-alignment without manual management:
int my_long_function_name(int bar,
int baz)
^__tab_^^_______spaces___________^
By the way, this is *wrong* because tabs now have a defined size (8
here) which defeats the only (tangible[1]) advantage they have:
int my_long_function_name(int bar,
int baz)
^__tab_________________________^
--Ben
[1]File size savings are negligible.
