why don't we store code unformatted and have everybody's IDE display it with their preferred format applied? it would make everything easier and stop people bickering over pointless things.
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
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Seems there's not much else going on
laughs in lisp
Nah, I'll keep on sticking with spaces or whatever the language's formatter uses. Ain't no way am I mixing tabs and spaces, will just stick with spaces.
I used to be a tabs guy, somepoint over time, especially when I realized some of the edge cases I have in formatting only remain consistent when using spaces, I switched.
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Ah yes I understand now!
Original poster is right by all accounts, of course. Now, let's come up with exotic significant indentations.
function xyz(a, b):
| var x = 2
| if true:
| | do_something()
| else:
| | do_something_else()
| anyway()
Pro: Your editor no longer needs to implement indentation hints.
Con: Looks obstructive if not highlighted like an indentation hint.
Your turn.
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I thought it was a non-issue that tooling should take care of anyway until stackoverflow published this:
https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/06/15/developers-use-spaces-make-money-use-tabs/
Spaces all the way