From: Jim Weirich <jweirich@...>
Date: 2003-08-03T07:58:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Indentation Style

On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 08:16, Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> I've been meaning to ask this for quite some time.  Why is and
> indentation-level of two (2) spaces the standard for Ruby?  Is there any
> reason for it being so short/small?  I've been using eight (8), i.e.
> hard tabs, but been feeling it may be a bit too much.  But I don't think
> I would ever go below 4.

Plaenty of others have weighed in on the style issue and tabs vs
spaces.  Prior to Ruby, I would have agreed that 4 spaces was the
minimum indentation level I could live with.  However, I tried the Ruby
2-space indentation and came to like it.  Now Ruby code with more than
two spaces just doesn't look right.  Perhaps its because individual
methods in Ruby are generally shorter, therefore the code doesn't need
greater indentation to set it off.

Try it for a week or two and see if it grows on you.  If not, then its
easy enough to switch back.

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