linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] CodeStyle: Use spaces when aligning/decorating

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Message-ID: <b6c5339f0802271333u3d9ad05dk26b30d59f1b41a75@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:33:54 -0500
From:	"Bob Copeland" <me@...copeland.com>
To:	"Richard Knutsson" <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se>
Cc:	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, khc@...waw.pl,
	bhalevy.lists@...il.com, jengelh@...putergmbh.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] CodeStyle: Use spaces when aligning/decorating

>  > FWIW I prefer the {deleted} language.  // PI = 3;
>  >
>  Well, actually I like it too. But I think it should be up to the
>  programmer which setting to use + it seems some people have really taken
>  this to heart, going from 'tab => 8 characters wide' to '8 spaces =>
>  tab', obscuring tab's position as a 'logical indention'.

Well, no one's saying that you can't configure your editor any way you
want.  The tabs=8 is a good cue for the 80-column rule, though.

IMO, CodingStyle used to be a good, funny read and now it's just simply
full of boring pedantic laws.

-Bob
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