Jeff:
>> 4. Tabs set to four spaces.
Stuart:
> 4 space good, two space bad?
>
> This sounds like a religious war in the making. So I say 2
> spaces for a tab and don't use tab characters. If you can
> cleanly fit your code into 80 columns that would also be
> nice (though I realize that is unlikely for Palm OS).
2? Fine. 4? Fine. Just not 3! ;-) (just kidding)
Isn't the advantage of tabs that if you and I are sharing code and using
well-mannered IDEs, you can set your tabs to be 2 spaces wide and I can set
mine to 4 spaces wide, and we're both happy?
I expected more guff over the { and the } than the tabs and spaces!
On a slightly related note, I've always thought that programming is a
pleasant mix of both science and art. There's a certain aesthetic about a
well written function that also looks good. Of course, code beauty is in
the eye of the beholder.
Jeff
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