Well, my vote would be for a 2 space indent.
Dave
On Tue, 2001-09-04 at 16:59, Tom Lane wrote:
> Barry Lind <barry@xythos.com> writes:
> > I am OK with the style used for the C code. However I would like the
> > following additional step done for the java code: replace all tabs with
> > spaces.
>
> I disagree with this, because then we are *not* applying the same coding
> standards in the backend and in JDBC. If you want to propose that we
> dispense with tabs throughout the system, feel free to propose that ---
> but it was shot down last time and likely will be again.
>
> I personally concur that four-space tabs is a horrible standard, and
> would much rather see us using eight-space tab stops. But I haven't
> been able to obtain any significant consensus for that view. Some
> developers apparently use editors where a physical tab character needs
> to equal the logical indent amount...
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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