From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-11-15T01:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby indentantion


Alfonso wrote:
> I have just started with ruby, and something that I have observed is
> that most of the code is indented with 2 spaces. Having programmed some
> time with C# and python, it's very strange to me so few identation. To
> me 4 spaces is much better to read. Is there something like a style
> guide in ruby that says that you should use 2 spaces or is it all right
> using 4 or 3 spaces? What do you use in your code?

This is just an guestimation but I think Ruby went 2-space because the
most common keyword that takes a block is only three letters long:
'def'. So any more than 2 spaces of indention and you're past the end
of that word, which makes it look a little off kilter.

T.