Spaces or Tabs

[ChimpMaster]

This is the saddest thread ever.

[OwlHoot]

.. Sod portability. Tabs are the way to go for indenting.

If you want to convert tabs to 4/5/6... spaces then any editor (or grep) can do that for you.

Why add white-space bloat to the source code?

Tabs are evil. Anyone who puts them into source code (when not expanded automatically to spaces) will find their soul sealed in a bottle and cast down into the deepest pit of hell, there to remain in torment for all eternity next to Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and the guy who decided to use tabs in the Unix "make" utility ...

HTH

[TimberWolf]

This is the saddest thread ever.

No, the saddest thread ever would be whether to put the first curly brace on the same line as the start of the block of statements <shudder> or on a fresh line.

[Spacecadet]

No, the saddest thread ever would be whether to put the first curly brace on the same line as the start of the block of statements <shudder> or on a fresh line.

always a fresh line!!!
someone needs to make a poll

[NickFitz]

No, the saddest thread ever would be whether to put the first curly brace on the same line as the start of the block of statements <shudder> or on a fresh line.

Ugh - why on a new line?

I had this discussion with somebody at a client a few years ago. I ended it by saying "Fine, you do it that way; I'll do it the right way."

[Cowboy Bob]

Anyone who voted tabs deserves their next job to be remotely hotfixing code via ssh and vi. Anyone who's done such a thing will know how evil tabs are and that those who use them should burn in hell.

Same thing applies to those who put curly braces on the same line and not on a new line, and for the same reason. Screw Sun and their coding standards, Gosling obviously never loaded a file into vi with lines wrapping all over the place and tried to work out what code was part of what loop.

[expat]

Edlin doesn't.

HTH.

Neither does vi (though I always hesitate to state anything about UNIX because there is always some smarterarse...). I use vi for the same reason as I once used edlin: at least you know it will be on any machine you use.

PS I just verified that by opening a DOs window and running edlin here. How do you get out of entry mode?

[Spacecadet]

Ugh - why on a new line?

I had this discussion with somebody at a client a few years ago. I ended it by saying "Fine, you do it that way; I'll do it the right way."

New line means its easier to visually match a } with a {

Not that I ever program anything anymore that needs braces round blocks of code

[expat]

New line means its easier to visually match a } with a {

Most important is the vertical alignment.

Not that I ever program anything anymore that needs braces round blocks of code

Well, no. But I don't mind telling the kids where they're going wrong

[Bob Dalek]

Config files or none. That is the question. (for piddly little 10-line scripts).