Re: tabs v spaces in Emacs's source files

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:
>> But anyway, the point is that there's a lot of code using spaces. If
>> there's a real interest in using only tabs, I'd suggest start adding
>> indent-tabs-mode cookies to local variables sections.
>
> I very much prefer spaces, because they're diff-safe (for example, in
> commit emails).
>
> With TABs, an unlucky indentation boundary can cause code to jump many
> display columns to the right, due to the "+"/"-" column along the left
> edge of the diff.  This makes reading diffs of TAB-indented code a dicey
> game.

In addition to generating unreadable diffs, tabbed programs also
produce unreadable output in a terminal window or when printed.

spaces *= Integer.MAX_VALUE;

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