Reinier's Rules (ha!) are the best argument I've seen for tab characters infiltrating source files, but when the bits hit the disk I agree with Ben. For collaborative work, it's often tough enough to get people to indent logically and consistently with just *one* type of whitespace character.
-Lyle On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:35 AM, B Smith-Mannschott <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 14:41, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I don't understand the tabs v. spaces war. There's clearly a right > > answer: > > > > Tabs for indents. Spaces for spacing. > > > That's my thinking too! And yet I'm still an acolyte of "tabs are > evil". It's too easy to screw up in practice. I have little confidence > that most programmers are aware enough of what white space they are > typing to stick to these rules consistently. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
