SV: Regarding coding style

K Viltersten tmp1 at viltersten.com
Fri Mar 7 13:04:35 EST 2008


>> 2. You should use two spaces after a 
>> sentence-ending period.
>> 
>> For heavens sake, why? I've always been 
>> obstructed by the double blanks but 
>> tolerated them. Now, that i read that
>> it actually is a recommendation, i need 
>> to ask about the purpose.
> 
> (a) It makes the ends of sentences more visually obvious.
> (b) It makes text easier to parse reliably from scripts.
> (c) Some text-editors can navigate such sentences out of 
>     the box, whereas others cannot.

Got it. Thanks.   :)

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Konrad Viltersten
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