From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2002-08-01T06:50:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Style question

On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 06:21:40AM +0900, Albert Wagner wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 July 2002 11:07 am, Jim Freeze wrote:
> <snip>
> > I have chosen the lowest common demoninator, ie, I use spaces
> > instead of tabs and I use {} instead of do end. This lets
> > me edit easily whether I use vi, vim, gvim, emacs,
> > emacs+ruby extensions, etc, and have my code still look uniform
> > in any editor,
> >
> This is fine if you do not expect to share your code with others who choose 
> not to use vim.  There are actually two common denominators: one for your own 
> ease and one for others.  Tabs allow others to view with their own 
> preferences.  Some use two spaces, some four, etc. for a tab.  Spaces force 
> others to use your preferences.
> 

My experience is that 99% of people use mixed tabs and spaces.
So the result is that you get no-ones preferences. :)


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Jim Freeze
If only I had something clever to say for my comment...
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