[OpenAFS-devel] coding standards proposal

[David Thompson]

Gotta agree with this.  I write perl with 2 column indenting. No tab 
characters.  Never gets screwed up with more/less.

Please use a format that's supported by _some_ editor's programmable 'c' mode. 
 "People should think; editors should indent."  Get rid of tab characters as a 
method of indentation.  They're evil (as well as being subject to 
mis-interpretation by more/less).

Dave

"Todd M. Lewis" wrote:
>
>Caveat: My contributions to the OpenAFS code base have been minimal, and 
>  are like to remain so. The following comment is not meant as bait; 
>let's just say I'm saying it for completeness, then we can move on to 
>whatever mistake we care to make wrt tabs...
>
>Tabs are evil critters and should be excised from all code.  They are a 
>poor substitute for spaces (which, BTW, are seldom misinterpreted) and 
>can no longer be justified (no pun intended) with storage so cheap these 
>days. Every editor I'm aware of can do what you intend with spaces, but 
>they can all screw up the intent of the misguided soul who put tabs in 
>to begin with.
>
>You asked, I'm done, sorry it isn't indented properly, etc.
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