On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Dominic Mitchell <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Viktor Klang <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Mark Volkmann <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I'm surprised that all the replies to this thread are in favor of tabs
>>> over spaces. In my experience, the vast majority of developers favor
>>> spaces. For me there is one main reason I prefer spaces ... printers.
>>> Sometimes I print code. Printers seem to always use eight spaces for
>>> tabs which causes many lines to wrap and makes it harder to read the
>>> code. If there were a universal way to adjust that then I'd be okay
>>> with using tabs for indentation.
>>>
>>
>> Print code?
>> Isn't that the modern equivalent to chisel code onto stone tablets?
>>
>
> It's quite handy for code reviews with lotsa red pen.  Though maybe I have
> a “teacher” hangup. :)
>
>
Guess you answered that on your own ;)


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