Re: Sometimes I wonder why I even started programming...

On 28 Feb 2008, at 19:17, Wolf wrote:

Jason Pruim wrote:

My editor automatically replaces like 4 spaces with a tab... Is there a reason not to use tabs instead of spaces? :)

I use spaces since when I indent with 4 spaces it is significantly easier to read the code then with 4 tabs... 4 spaces are before this 4 tabs are before this Pretty easy to follow code that does { { { { } } } } Versus the alternative, especially with the character wrapping in vi and other text editors. At least, that's IMO YMMV

Except that if I inherit your code and I find it easier if it's indented to 8 spaces you've taken that choice away from me. Tabs are configurable on nearly all editors that exist in the world. If yours doesn't let you change the tab width, get a new one. But if you don't care about people who might end up working on your stuff, keep using spaces. Just hope you never change your mind. -Stut -- http://stut.net/