Tabs vs Spaces
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FreedMalloc wrote:
I generally set up the IDE to sub 4 spaces for a tab.
Infidel! All right-minded people know that a tab stop is every 8 spaces! Anything else is heresy! Your immortal soul will be condemned to an eternity in an infinite loop unless you repent!
Keep Calm and Carry On
No, TAB stops are by distance, not character count. A half inch is sufficient.
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I will answer the question you intended to ask. I use tabs. Set to 2 spaces as that is the indentation size I always use. I use the tabs because a lot of my coworkers use 4 spaces and they came just adjust the tab size to give the code the look they are used to.
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I would've never thought there could be a good argument for tabs, but this sounds like a good way to satisfy everyone. My only question would be what the code looks like outside the IDE, in GitHub or even Notepad, for example.
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I would've never thought there could be a good argument for tabs, but this sounds like a good way to satisfy everyone. My only question would be what the code looks like outside the IDE, in GitHub or even Notepad, for example.
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.That's exaclty what drove me to ask. GitHub. PR's sometimes don't format correctly.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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Quick survey... How many of you uses tabs vs spaces to indent your code?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
I use 1 tab = 4 spaces. /ravi
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Quick survey... How many of you uses tabs vs spaces to indent your code?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
I use whatever the project already uses. Some projects use tabs, some use spaces. When I start new projects, I use whatever the specific team[1] already uses - some teams have tabs set up as default in their IDE, some have spaces. In the rare occasion that I start a solo project with no team I tend to go with spaces. [1] I work across multiple teams.
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Splitter! The Real Distance is obviously 3 spaces per tab.
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Quick survey... How many of you uses tabs vs spaces to indent your code?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
I use the tab key, but my IDE converts them to spaces.
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FreedMalloc wrote:
I generally set up the IDE to sub 4 spaces for a tab.
Infidel! All right-minded people know that a tab stop is every 8 spaces! Anything else is heresy! Your immortal soul will be condemned to an eternity in an infinite loop unless you repent!
Keep Calm and Carry On
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Quick survey... How many of you uses tabs vs spaces to indent your code?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
I prefer tabs because when I have to move code from an indentation level to another it requires less deletes. Also allows for fancy editing like a different character width for indentation than for code (it helps for people who have to set the font to 12pt with 125% or 150% magnification active, like yours truly). Also I have worked on a codebase modified by several people in several years with different tools and different indentations. Code was something like
if (condition){
code;
if (cnd2)
{
code;
}
code;
while(something)
{
code;
}
}Tabs would have fixed the lunacy.
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2½ spaces per tab
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without teeth. To err is human, to arr is pirate.
:sigh: There's always someone who just wants to watch the world burn, isn't there? OK. You can have your half-a-space provided it's the top half.
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Quick survey... How many of you uses tabs vs spaces to indent your code?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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Quick survey... How many of you uses tabs vs spaces to indent your code?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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I would've never thought there could be a good argument for tabs, but this sounds like a good way to satisfy everyone. My only question would be what the code looks like outside the IDE, in GitHub or even Notepad, for example.
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.I only care about what it looks like to the one working on the code. When dealing with changes to legacy code, I follow the patter established, which usually means copy/paste of the disparate numbers of spaces depending on the mood of the coder when it was created in notepad :wtf: I really hate the ripple effect that gives - I mean choose an indentation style and stick with it. I'm happiest when working on fresh apps where I can use auto indenting on vscode. So much pleasanter and I can properly collapse the bits I don't need to see right now. Why would I screw that up with using spaces? Just no.
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I only care about what it looks like to the one working on the code. When dealing with changes to legacy code, I follow the patter established, which usually means copy/paste of the disparate numbers of spaces depending on the mood of the coder when it was created in notepad :wtf: I really hate the ripple effect that gives - I mean choose an indentation style and stick with it. I'm happiest when working on fresh apps where I can use auto indenting on vscode. So much pleasanter and I can properly collapse the bits I don't need to see right now. Why would I screw that up with using spaces? Just no.
What does using spaces have to do with collapsing code that you don't need to see right now?
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Quick survey... How many of you uses tabs vs spaces to indent your code?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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What does using spaces have to do with collapsing code that you don't need to see right now?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.You should see this crazy code. It was like they decided arbitrarily each day where to start their nested content.
codecondition
{
code
condition
{
super long lines of code that go all the way off a standard screen with references to deeply nested arrays
}
other code
} -
You should see this crazy code. It was like they decided arbitrarily each day where to start their nested content.
codecondition
{
code
condition
{
super long lines of code that go all the way off a standard screen with references to deeply nested arrays
}
other code
} -
What does using spaces have to do with collapsing code that you don't need to see right now?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Plus it's way easier to screw up the number of spaces needed. I guess that IDEs can be set to auto indent with spaces, but if someone else goes in there with notepad, it'll be a mess in a hurry. Using tabs discourages the use of notepad. Is that controlling? Maybe. I am a megalomaniac only in the coding, otherwise I'm very accommodating, so I'm comfortable with that.
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You should see this crazy code. It was like they decided arbitrarily each day where to start their nested content.
codecondition
{
code
condition
{
super long lines of code that go all the way off a standard screen with references to deeply nested arrays
}
other code
}That's beyond sloppy. I would reformat it, and anyone who complained would be auditioning for a boys' choir.
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. -
You should see this crazy code. It was like they decided arbitrarily each day where to start their nested content.
codecondition
{
code
condition
{
super long lines of code that go all the way off a standard screen with references to deeply nested arrays
}
other code
}I'm regularly asked by other coders to fix code or tweak code that is formattwed like this, or worse. U like my indents to be a consistant 1/4 inch so the long lines of code don't wrap because they have several levels of indent in them. Just give me Allsup (ANSI) format.
