In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/0529658c13ee0689299688dfce6f5e7e220734d9?hp=fe546b38f5a7481954f2f933acf85267578058b3>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 0529658c13ee0689299688dfce6f5e7e220734d9 Author: Andy Lester <[email protected]> Date: Mon Oct 31 10:46:30 2016 +1100 Added some discussion of tabs & spaces in the source code ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perlhack.pod | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod index 4e79063..c8c6b86 100644 --- a/pod/perlhack.pod +++ b/pod/perlhack.pod @@ -356,11 +356,16 @@ sources: =item * -8-wide tabs (no exceptions!) +4-wide indents for code, 2-wide indents for nested CPP C<#define>s, +with 8-wide tabstops. =item * -4-wide indents for code, 2-wide indents for nested CPP #defines +Use spaces for indentation, not tab characters. + +The codebase is a mixture of tabs and spaces for indentation, and we +are moving to spaces only. Converting lines you're patching from 8-wide +tabs to spaces will help this migration. =item * -- Perl5 Master Repository
