Re: commit


Subject: Re: commit
From: Jesper Skov (jskov@redhat.com)
Date: Mon Jan 01 2001 - 06:30:26 CST


>>>>> "WJCarpenter" == WJCarpenter <bill-abisource@carpenter.ORG> writes:

Mike> Please respect the AW coding guidelines, tab=4. And we're *not*
Mike> using the GNU indentation style.

WJCarpenter> I'm always confused by this sort of comment. Why isn't
WJCarpenter> it "use tabs (not spaces) for indent, and set tabs to be
WJCarpenter> whatever you happen to prefer"? Is there some important
WJCarpenter> case where it would matter to you if I set tabs to
WJCarpenter> display as 6 spaces? Couldn't you still see them as 4
WJCarpenter> spaces wide inside your editor of choice? --

Only if everybody always use TABs - and that is not the case, nor a
requirement in the source code guidelines. Maybe it should be?!?

Jesper



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