Comment on Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap
xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
His reply included a dig against gnu make for making tabs mandatory, so I don’t think this was a “stance” as in taking a pro-tabs position. He simply, reasonably, thinks parsers should be able to deal with all types of whitespace.
mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Tabs suck, because you can’t rely on them for consistent spacing and formatting. Spaces always win out.
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 4 weeks ago
Classic “you’re using it wrong”.
The tab people still use spaces for formatting if they want to format something. Tabs are only used for indentation.
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Now I’m imagining how code where someone only uses tabs for everything would look.
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I don’t think you know what a tab means.
frazorth@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
How can you not rely on them for consistent spacing? It’s a tab.
Magnetar@feddit.de 4 weeks ago
But 2 or 4 spaces?
Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
Maybe we can compromise with 3?
Magnetar@feddit.de 4 weeks ago
Heretic!