On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:54:14 -0600 Chris Friesen wrote:
> Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all of you for answering. Actually I was concerning about function
> > arguments' alignment (on separated lines) not about indentation. So as I see
> > it's a question of bent ;) And a simple rule exist - use tabs for indents
> > and spaces for alignment (when amount of spaces are < 8).
>
> That rule doesn't actually work though, an is imposed by tools limitations.
>
> Consider two people, one with tabs as 8 characters and one with tabs as
> 4 characters. If person A aligns using a tab plus a space (giving 9
> characters), then the alignmnet will be all screwed up for person B (who
> will see 5 characters of alignment).
>
> The only rule that works (setting aside bad tools) is:
>
> "use tabs for indents and spaces for alignment"
>
> If that means you need to use two dozen spaces, then so be it.
I don't think that's what that rule means, but I didn't write it,
so I'm not absolutely sure about it.
but we know that tab stops are every 8th character, not 4 :)
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~Randy
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