Re: [boost] coding conventions

Subject: Re: [boost] coding conventions
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-04 10:33:46

OvermindDL1 wrote:
>
> I have always been curious about that.  To me it makes *no* sense to
> use spaces for indentation.  I always use tabs for indentation and
> spaces for alignment, my reasoning is that you can set tabs to be any
> size you want in your editor, one space if you wish even, and spaces
> for alignment just makes sense, for example:

If code is written with two-column tab stops and viewed with eight-column tab stops, the code can easily exceed the display or printed page width.  With spaces, the original author's indentation is preserved, so the line lengths can't exceed 80 columns (presuming the original was so constrained) regardless of the width of a tab stop.

OTOH, I understand that using tabs for indentation does allow each person to view a file as preferred without affecting other's view of the same file (ignoring line length problems, of course).

As was noted by Daniel James, for Boost at least the issue is moot.

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Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
Software Engineer, Core Software      using std::disclaimer;
Susquehanna International Group, LLP  http://www.sig.com

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