"Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisp...@gmx.com> wrote in message news:mailman.3412.1302578409.4748.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... >> On 04/11/2011 08:13 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: >> > They mix tabs and spaces. On some lines, they use spaces and on others >> > they use tabs. >> >> Never seen this, not even once. Messing can only happen when one >> copy-pastes from modules using spaces. > > As Steve pointed out, it frequently happens when you have multiple > developers > working on the same code. It may work with one developer who likes using > tabs, > but as soon as you get a mix of developers, you invariably get a mix of > spaces > and tabs unless _everyone_ involved is really careful, and that rarely > happens. It's just too easy to use spaces without realizing that someone > else > used tabs or even that you yourself are using spaces, depending on your > editor's settings. >
That applies the other way around, too. > Using only spaces and no tabs avoids the entire issue... It avoid the issue *as well as* using only tabs for indentation.
