Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> Well, nothing that couldn't be solved with a somewhat wider window.
> Many people like to have windows wider than 80 columns. (I prefer 80
> columns, myself.)
And wider paper? The commonly accepted practice is that code should not
be wider than 80 columns; 78 being about max. That's why most languages
support splitting of lines with \ or other such constructs.
>> Thank god it doesn't. That is the worst possible style since tab is
>>meaningless.
> Hm?
How wide is a tab? The only acceptable answer is "as wide as the user
configures it." This means mixing tabs and spaces for any reason will
eventually cause problems.
>>It is also because of indention and alignment that I think that
>>people should never, ever, us tabs because there are going to be
>>some schmucks that break the first rule of never changing the tab
>>width in the first place.
> Huh?
I set tab width to 4, align at 6. Tab + 2 spaces. Person sets his tabs
to 8 the line is 10 spaces out, 4 spaces too far. That's why people insist on
a tab width of 8. If tabs were immutable like that mixing tabs and spaces
wouldn't be a problem. It's not so it is.
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