Andrea Aime wrote: > Martin Desruisseaux ha scritto: > >> I recently edited (minor changes discussed two or three days ago) some files >> other than my usual >> ones. Those files are using tabulations for indentation, which result in >> inconsistent indentation since: >> >> * My NetBeans IDE is configured with 4 spaces by tabulation; >> * DOS "type" or Windows Notepad display 8 spaces by tabulation; >> * My Netbeans IDE is configured for inserting spaces instead of >> tabulations, so the indentation appears okay in IDE configured >> with 4 spaces by tabulation, but appears broken when displayed >> from DOS or Unix command line (including SVN) or Notepad. >> >> Do we have a policy about tabulation width? Or do we ask to everyone to >> configure their IDE for >> inserting spaces inplace of tabulations? >> >> > Hum, Jalopy should take care of it, but no-one is using it at the moment. > You will find some eclipse settings.xml files available on trunk as well. > The java coding convention, chapter four, says "Four spaces should be > used as the unit of indentation. > Our developers guide follows those standards as well: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/5.1+Coding+Conventions > The exact construction of the indentation > (spaces vs. tabs) is unspecified. Tabs must be set exactly every 8 > spaces (not 4)." > I think our is set to four spaces represented w/ spaces. > Now, I guess the problem is everyone working on Geotools besides of you > is using Eclipse (as far as I know, at least), and out of the box > Eclipse does > indent code with pure tabs, with 4 spaces width (thus violating the > convention). > > Ah, if you just want my opinion, I like spaces better, but I sometimes > forget to reconfigure > Eclipse when I install a new version. > Also, in my opinion, there is only one kind of coding convention, the > kind that you can enforce > automatically, everything else is bound to be violated. > Very few people are patient enough to hand format the code up to any > standard. > Cheers, Jody
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