Re: [PHP] Re: Tabs or Spaces?
On Nov 21, 2004, at 4:53 PM, Ryan King wrote: On Nov 21, 2004, at 3:09 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: * Daniel Schierbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There seems to be some tendency towards using spaces instead of tabs when indenting PHP code - personally i can't come up with any reason not to use tabs. I was just wondering if any of you freakees had some sort of explanation... Most likely due to PEAR standards: http://pear.sourceforge.net/en/standards.php I'm not sure what the rationale was behind using spaces instead of tabs, but it's a standard I've seen in perl as well; it's not entirely unheard I believe the rationale is that, since different environments define tabs as different sizes. So, the only way to be consistent across different environments is to use spaces. FWIW, many text editors can emulate tabs. That is, when typin, you can hit tab, but the text editor inserts spaces instead. I find this very useful. -ryan Word for word ditto. ~Philip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Tabs or Spaces?
Daniel Schierbeck wrote: Hello there! There seems to be some tendency towards using spaces instead of tabs when indenting PHP code - personally i can't come up with any reason not to use tabs. I was just wondering if any of you freakees had some sort of explanation... Wow, didn't mean to start a major debate :x Thanks, now i know (switching to spaces). -- Daniel Schierbeck Help spread Firefox (www.getfirefox.com): http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/registerr=6584 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Tabs or Spaces?
* Daniel Schierbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There seems to be some tendency towards using spaces instead of tabs when indenting PHP code - personally i can't come up with any reason not to use tabs. I was just wondering if any of you freakees had some sort of explanation... Most likely due to PEAR standards: http://pear.sourceforge.net/en/standards.php I'm not sure what the rationale was behind using spaces instead of tabs, but it's a standard I've seen in perl as well; it's not entirely unheard of. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association| http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Tabs or Spaces?
On Nov 21, 2004, at 3:09 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: * Daniel Schierbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There seems to be some tendency towards using spaces instead of tabs when indenting PHP code - personally i can't come up with any reason not to use tabs. I was just wondering if any of you freakees had some sort of explanation... Most likely due to PEAR standards: http://pear.sourceforge.net/en/standards.php I'm not sure what the rationale was behind using spaces instead of tabs, but it's a standard I've seen in perl as well; it's not entirely unheard I believe the rationale is that, since different environments define tabs as different sizes. So, the only way to be consistent across different environments is to use spaces. FWIW, many text editors can emulate tabs. That is, when typin, you can hit tab, but the text editor inserts spaces instead. I find this very useful. -ryan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
