It's not really related to type inference. Common Lisp code is the same that way.
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Yup, 2 spaces is the Scala "standard". > FP with type inference tends to give more nesting, but less boilerplate. So > nested blocks are far shorter and you don't need as much indentation to keep > track of where you are, plus you avoid a lot of horizontal scroll when > nesting deeply. > I'm also tending to favour 2 spaces when I write Java nowadays, I find it > helps distinguish my newer code from the older stuff - which was much more > imperative. > > On 20 May 2011 13:32, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I noticed that the IntelliJ IDEA source code uses 2 spaces, and the >> code style at Globant for our own projects (as opposed to those for >> clients) seems to be 2 spaces too. >> >> In Scala it seems to be 2 spaces also. >> >> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Jesper de Jong <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 4 spaces seems to be the almost universal standard in Java, so that's >> > what I >> > use in Java. >> > In Scala, 2 spaces seems to be the preferred indentation, so that's what >> > I >> > use in Scala. >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Kevin Wright > > gtalk / msn : [email protected] > mail: [email protected] > vibe / skype: kev.lee.wright > quora: http://www.quora.com/Kevin-Wright > twitter: @thecoda > > "My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not > regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current > conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of > the ledger" ~ Dijkstra > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
