Re: [HACKERS] Source code format vote

On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:

> Thus spake Bruce Momjian
> > I have to get all new votes from everyone on:
> >     
> >     8-space tabs
> >     no tabs
> > 
> > Indentaion is still 4-spaces.
> > 
> > I prefer the 8-space tabs to no tabs.  Seems like 8-space tabs won over
> > 4-space tabs, so we need a vote on 8-space tabs vs. no tabs.
> 
> Seems like multiple votes.  First vote is whether to use spaces or tabs
> for indenting.  Then, how many characters should we indent if we use
> tabs and if we don't.  Note that people may have different opinions
> on how much to indent for each of these.  I suspect a number of people
> choose 8 space tabs because it is standard and consistent on different
> methods of output, not because they particularly like that much
> indentation.  I know that I have lately been considering going to 3
> space, no tab indenting in my own code so that it looks right whether
> I use the editor, cat to the screen or print it.

I tend to prefer 2 spaces to using tabs myself ...

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