Re: whitespaces again

> > >>>>>>>>>>>>http://cvs.php.net/phpdoc/scripts/revcheck.php > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Latest commit of revcheck.php: > >>>>>>revert to tabulations instead of spaces > >>>>> > >>>>>That file is a script and isn't part of the doumentation :) > >>>>> > >>>>>We usally use tabs for scripts, but thats up with the author(s). > >>> > >>>GH> Our guidelines say that we use PEAR standards in the scripts too. Just to > >>>GH> make life simpler. Livedocs is the exception actually, but other scripts > >>>GH> are mostly done with spaces. Derick is always advocating tabs... > >>> > >>> After the latest post in this ML: [PHP-DOC] Small patch for revcheck.php > >>> Maybe somebody with admin privileges should rollback commit, so > >>>we can start to work on this script? Or better leave the tabs for fun? =) > >> > >>*I* think it is better to keep 4 spaces, since that is in the PEAR > >>standard. BTW this is suggested because people (can) have different tab > >>length settings. > > > > That's a bullshit argument Goba, it should NEVER matter what people's > > tab lengths are as the code should look the same anyway. Use tabs for > > initial indentation. > > Derick, your view is nothing new to me, as I pointed out above in this > same thread. I dislike people using tabs, because they tend to mix them > with spaces, and not see on the screen that they are not doing the right > indentation. As I have said, this is my personal view, and I admit it > might be bullshit. Since I am not doing active delopment on the source > codes in phpdoc, I am not against using tabs, but it is not my personal > preference. The usage should be documented in the howto then. We use spaces for everything, both with code examples and the code within scripts/. This is consistent. I'm pretty sure this has been agreed on before... Regards, Philip