Re: Coding standards tabs -> spaces, need to redo the vote

[Oliver Rossmueller]

Scott Eade wrote:
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So if the formal decision is that spaces are to be used the question arises,
how do we go about converting the existing code?  Do we:

a. Just use spaces for new code (yuck)
b. Convert files as other changes are committed (not so great as it makes it
difficult to see exactly what real changes have been introduced)

One way to get this work is to reformat the file you have to change and to commit with a comment like "just reformatting". After that apply your changes and commit again. Requires some discipline but I think it is possible.

c. Convert all source files in one go

I'm thinking that option c is the only practical answer.  What do you think?
Want to volunteer?

I have to touch a lot of files while doing my refactorings, so I could do the reformatting at least for these files when merging my changes with the main branch. To reformat the rest of the sources is not too much additional work, so I would do it as soon as I'm finished with my changes.

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Oliver

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