On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 03:29:04AM +0100, Felix Domke wrote:
> Hi kernel hackers,
>
> yes, i know http://www.purists.org/linux/#indent .
>
> my question is just: what's the matter of NOT using tabs instead of
> spaces? i think there must be one, otherwise everybody would use tabs.
>
> I know the thing about "more than 3 levels of indention *suck*" (but i'm
> not sure if i have really understand this yet in my coding style, but
> who cares..), but i like tab characters more than spaces, simply because
> it removes all the discussion about the best indention width. some
> people use ~180 character-consoles, some use 80 ones.Whats the reason of
> not giving the freedom to choose whatever he likes?
>
> i don't want to change anything, i just like to know WHY people use
> spaces. are they somehow unportable? (i don't think so)
spaces are a workaround for broken editors. But Linux developers have a
"use the best tool for your job" approach so we don't care :)
As someone pointed to a paper by a mozilla hacker in this thread here's
another advice: don't use mozilla to send non mime-encoded patches, they
even implemented their brain-dead tab expansion policy in their mailer.
*sigh*
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