From: Kent Loobey <kent@...>
Date: 2005-03-23T08:08:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Any guides for good coding in Ruby?

I don't know why the world doesn't code everything the way I do.  It makes the 
most sense to me!

On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:48 pm, James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Mar 22, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Martin Ankerl wrote:
> > I also do this, but there is one thing I cannot stand: every ruby lib
> > uses 2 spaces for indentation! IMHO it should be tabs, and *only*
> > tabs. This is much better, because in almost every editor it is
> > possible to set the tab width to whatever one likes. I hate 2 spaced
> > sourcecode, because I usually set one tab == 8 spaces, and use a
> > non-fixed font.
>
> Amen!  I don't know who thought up the two space thing, but they were
> out of line.  :)  In Ruby, you don't even need the extra characters to
> keep lines short, generally.  I'm set tabs to four spaces wide, but
> it's definitely tabs all the way.
>
> And while we're getting things off our chest, it really bugs me when
> people don't keep their code within the 80 character boundary
> guideline.  I've been reading all the links posted in this thread and
> they've all recommended it, but I can sure tell you from running Ruby
> Quiz that not everyone is listening.  ;)
>
> James Edward Gray II