linux-kernel - Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

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Message-Id: <1194697674.6176.1.camel@bip.parateam.prv>
Date:	Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:27:54 +0100
From:	Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>
To:	DervishD <lkml@...vishd.net>
Cc:	Benny Halevy <bhalevy@...asas.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces


Le samedi 10 novembre 2007 à 13:04 +0100, DervishD a écrit :
> Hi Benny :)
> 
>  * Benny Halevy <bhalevy@...asas.com> dixit:
> > I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention
> > described below that I personally found the most practical with
> > several different editors.
> 
> While I respect you opinion about tabs, I find tab indentation the most
> evil thing ever invented. Even if done right (that is, not indenting
> using a mixture of spaces and tabs), the only advantage is that you save
> a few bytes.

Who cares ?
The only advantage is that people can make tabs as big (or as small) as
they wish. Tabs become "logical indentation". So one's indentation isn't
forced on anotherone's editor.

	Xav


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