On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:53:48PM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote:
Nice turn of a phrase, that.
Oh, for the...
"Allow" is such a nice word, isn't it? Let's take a closer look:
* nobody prohibits lines satisfying your constraints ("tabs only for
indent level"), so "allowing" that is meaningless
* "indentation style" in the above refers to editor settings.
To "allow" that, you advocate prohibiting the lines _NOT_ satisfying your
constraints. Which, by definition, means extra work for people submitting
patches, no matter how you spin it.
BTW, while we are talking about conventions, would you mind keeping lines
in your mail shorter than 79 columns to avoid wraparounds in quoted text?
Unlike your proposal, that one actually _is_ a common convention...
--