David Brownell wrote:

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> On Wednesday 04 April 2007 9:18 pm, Randy Dunlap wrote:

>

>> I don't think it's a MUA thing.  I think David is talking about the

>> spaces after the ^\t that are used for indenting immediately under

>> the "if".

>

> Exactly.

>

> 	if (There was a young lady named Bright

> 		Whose speed was far faster than light) {

> 		She set out one day

> 		in a relative way

> 	}

> 	And returned on the previous night

>

> obeys the only-ident-by-tabs rule, as does

>

> 	if (To control chain reactions, your odds

> 			Improve if you've got cadmium rods) {

> 		In your fission reactor

> 		Their lack is a factor

> 	}

> 	In screams of "A meltdown! Ye gods!"

>

> Now, the former makes it hard to tell what's condition vs consequent.

> (Or whatever the correct technical term is in cases like these.)

Yes.  And the second one is just ugly IMHO.

That's why 3 of us (IIRC) have suggested using a few spaces on

multi-line "if" statements rather than many-tabs.  Like so:
> 	if (There was a young lady named Bright

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> 	    Whose speed was far faster than light) {

> 		She set out one day

> 		in a relative way

> 	}

> 	And returned on the previous night

but I'm ready to drop it and hope that I never have to look at

that code.  :)
--

~Randy

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