Subj : Re: indenting
To   : comp.programming
From : Thomas G. Marshall
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 03:38 am

mlimber coughed up:
> Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
> [snip]
>> Some projects, e.g. Boost, have instead standardized on always using
>> spaces. I think that's counter-productive.  Really, I hate code that
>> uses spaces for indenting.  Ordinary navigation requires more
>> key-presses.
> [snip]
>
> And I dislike code with tabs. :-P A space is always a space, but a tab
> can be set to 2, 4, 8, or 42.

While that last number may be excessive, the point behind it all is dead 
accurate.  Tabs are a PITA.

....[rip]...

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