On Apr. 09, 2008, 16:25 +0300, Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> wrote:but no definite one :) Seriously, I'm not sure how significant or relevant they are though. In http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/26/533, SL Baur <steve <at> xemacs.org> said: 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. Randy's answer, http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/27/7 says he won't NAK it since: My interpretation of that is the the current CodingStyle is too detailed *now* therefore we need to relax it, not keep it the way it is. It's true, that we add more details to relax the requirements but overall we'd allow for more flexibility. To do that with removing details rather than adding any is dangerous IMO since it can easily lead to indentation chaos that makes everybody's life harder... Richard Knutsson, in http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/28/356 adds an excellent point about needing smaller tab expansion for narrow screens. Stefan Richter in http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/26/523 commented: Again, I see no real reasons why not to besides being against Stefan's preferences. I repeat my point that the proposed style does not necessarily encourage smaller tab expansion, it just makes it possible. Well, enough said. Back to fixin' bugs... Benny --
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