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Message-ID: <4736C409.9040207@panasas.com> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:57:45 +0200 From: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@...asas.com> To: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>, DervishD <lkml@...vishd.net> CC: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces On Nov. 10, 2007, 14:27 +0200, Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr> wrote: > 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. Right. That's exactly the point. I find it harder to read someone else's code if (s)he uses 2 space indentation. With tabs, when done right, I can expand to my personal preference. > > Xav > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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