[arch-projects] [abs] [PATCH 2/2] Replace space-based indents in prototypes with tabs

Lukas Jirkovsky l.jirkovsky at gmail.com
Sun Nov 18 04:36:40 EST 2012


On 17 November 2012 01:14, Jason St. John <jstjohn at purdue.edu> wrote:
> From: "Jason St. John" <jstjohn at purdue.edu>
>
> The previous commit removed the Vim modelines which replaced tabs with
> spaces. This commit replaces the space-based indents with tabs.
>
> Tabs are generally more compatible with various user preferences
> regarding indentation of code. Using space-based indents is not flexible
> regarding user preferences at all.

I don't like this idea. The current settings (2-space indentation) is
the de facto standard coding convention. Changing the convention would
create a lot of inconsistency among packages.

Lukas


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