Isn't this a bit like King Knut? I've seen soo much code over the years, much of it legacy, to think this is a problem worth solving. If I worked extensively in one codebase and never saw anyone else's code including open source code from outside my organisation, then maybe I would be sensitive to this.
Rakesh On 25 January 2013 16:51, Brian Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Tabs are nice because users can pick their own display width. Spaces are > nice because non leading space can be formatted more accurately. There's > very little difference in readability though. > > The only thing that's important in the tabs vs spaces debate is to pick > one and stick to it and enforce it consistently. > > Converting files from one to the other is a good way to make version > control hard to use, particularly if you're using a editors that can > annotate a file with changes. Finding out when a particular line was > changes is a complete pain in the arse when someone's helpfully > autoformatted the file changing every line. Some combinations can > effectively ignore whitespace change, many cannot. Best not to do that, > instead if you really care, block commits that break whichever policy you > choose. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
