On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 05:48:51PM -0500, Michael Halcrow wrote: > If you have trouble fitting your code into 80 columns with 8-space > tabs, then more likely than not, your are trying to do too much in a > single function, and your code's maintainability suffers. Or you are > missing a wonderful opportunity to introduce a well-placed goto.
<snip> > The Linux kernel code base begs to differ. The Linux kernel code base doesn't have inner clases. When your function *starts* at the two-tab indentation level, you have already sacrificed a lot of space just to begin. The 8-space tab may work fine for C, but it sucks for lots of other languages. --Dave /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
