>On 4/9/08, Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com> wrote:
>
>> In
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/26/533,
>> SL Baur <steve <at> xemacs.org> said:
>> > The proposed two space change is ugly. Can someone NAK it?
>>
>> I'm not sure what "two space change" proposal this Steve referred to
>> and his rejection is based on not-to-sound aesthetic grounds.
>>
>> The motivation behind our proposal is more than just aesthetic.
>> I believe that using tabs for indent and then spaces for alignment
>> is functionally better, works for everybody, and will eventually result
>> in a more readable code over time, hopefully leading to fewer bugs.
>
>Tabs + a variable number spaces to match up logically with the
>previous line is O.K. Tabs + exactly two spaces is what I objected
>to. I only posted due to being the originator of the Linux Kernel Emacs
>cc-mode style and cc-mode works like the former.
>
>For whatever it's worth, my sentiments are on the David Miller side,
>having been the lucky recipient of format changes only patch bombs
>before. I suppose you should be glad you don't have someone running
>a spell checker on the entire source code.
