[boost] **** ENOUGH ABOUT TABS VS SPACES *****

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-10 06:33:42

This thread dies now or we start banning people from posting.
Thank you,

Dave (boost moderator)

-----------------------------------------------------------
           David Abrahams * Boost Consulting
dave_at_[hidden] * http://www.boost-consulting.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gennaro Prota" <gennaro_prota_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 6:55 AM
Subject: [boost] Re: Tabs creep back into source files

> On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:34:23 -0400, "David Bergman" <davidb_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
> [...]
> >
> >The other thing it does is introduce spurious differences between
> >revisions of the source text.  The source control system will duitifully
> >track & store all these spurious tabs -> spaces -> tabs changes, wasting
> >space, and making diff's harder to read since they're filled with
> >irrelevant gunk.  (Yes, I know, most every source control system worth
> >it's salt lets you compare revisions while ignoring whitespace - but if
> >everyone uses spaces, you don't even need to know that option exists).
>
>
> If that is really a problem maybe this is too: many of the boost files
> have lines that terminate with whitespaces (i.e. the character that
> immediately precedes the end-of-line is a space or a tab). Shouldn't
> this be prohibited?
>
>
> Genny.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Unsubscribe & other changes:
http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
>