Larry Wall's comment on python...

Courageous jkraska at san.rr.com
Mon Sep 23 02:15:31 EDT 2002


>Using *tabs* only is the only way to get truly
>preference-independent indentation.

But makes impossible certain constructs that involving lining
indentation level up with specific items of text in surrounding
lines, which actually matters. This is one of the reasons people
often use mixed tabs and spaces. Here is an example:

void MyFunction ( int a,
                  char c,
                  float f );

void MyFunction ( int a,
					char c,
					float f );


void MyFunction (	int a,
					char c,
					float f );

Furthermore, when you use only spaces, you can guarntee that
all those reading will see it formatted as close to correctly
as is possible.

C//




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