From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Philippe Vaucher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Reformat all of src/ Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 11:23:25 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87h95olvg0.fsf@gmail.com> <228ccc55affe1320a030a5652c63e005.squirrel@cloud103.planethippo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f40304361e123db5d80544f1b79f X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1483179874 17759 195.159.176.226 (31 Dec 2016 10:24:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 10:24:34 +0000 (UTC) To: Phillip Lord , Chris Gregory , Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 31 11:24:30 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cNGpy-0004Do-BN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 11:24:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43303 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cNGq3-0003qm-B3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 05:24:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49250) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cNGpQ-0003qg-WF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 05:23:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cNGpQ-0004Ws-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 05:23:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ua0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c08::22d]:34008) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cNGpQ-0004WX-5F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 05:23:56 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ua0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id 34so230337878uac.1 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 02:23:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=mqbaIM8vBPklR4cNViu2I88EBGxqLHS4icmYPOIfbqM=; b=AlDKuCxIbmozm1QL8Rkwo5r9MMOd3WSt8vKO+xvgOT6KmpUY2Qwk3RZeshBLdnJowo 1qujf7yInbtM5+keO+a/GGRXQ7FsmGG1GGgadrROdAMwj9nKyYNcOO/1Ez585Q1HfsBp DS3d7dXT//Mbkij63/DXZ6VCACzwo6m+HS5FimnRMtL7G6oFv5Nruf+Qt57OG4fRCGy+ ZTmWpf6IV/ngZWuRo02/xCVw13ncKEXpdGQGK3Rj896TYapsSSl7n0eRvIXQlOntw9UP H7ydIxl14TahMXk7E00vZR8Zk5W14QJwSxXpbqS+iTAR11rtIaHZVC0d1eWDsvzVB4AZ rk7w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=mqbaIM8vBPklR4cNViu2I88EBGxqLHS4icmYPOIfbqM=; b=foInQZL9hr6sFet827kOM/KXMtMv7LrGT0kERNTV7NGX9WG14ZOd3wf9CoZikDqxJf GJqaGosCLeBSh4MQX4igTlaeWcj+N6Oocfl6l9Ovy07cAaHl5SXIsF0izcw04DFpamcu 91qJqO+oubT0AobIl0jsURmcOt73qSQq9SDGzxm7P2FoCcb22/Kq4QRnmAoQXoeiJjv0 Dye6igSQ4EhsHwYYvkFwdmYYZUfl468Fe+msnDxCkRfoqet1Xliq5cOqtBob1TeiD5vq poz9fSFSSo50jFRCwrE71WwEhZZViNUrbeqR4QMflQEmy//F4QNmn1/FQQg249qH/9hT Fo9A== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXLw0XuJiDr8HbTjlzLMcVJvFFQv6L7xB8PVFjU309lRaqKPtCSRxsl7yZJoGNFsDY18/sRxZhQtXzRmDQ== X-Received: by 10.176.23.89 with SMTP id k25mr24594205uaf.49.1483179835632; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 02:23:55 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.103.125.9 with HTTP; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 02:23:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c08::22d X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:211019 Archived-At: --f40304361e123db5d80544f1b79f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > PL> FWIW (not very much) I think tabs suck... > > If we were going to reformat all the sources, I'd rather we observe the > rule > "never use tabs". I don't see what benefit they possibly offer. I agree. "Always use spaces" is just simpler in pretty much all aspects: no need to worry about tab width or tabs intermixes and it works with all editors. The only drawback being file size but it's been over a decade that this is no longer an argument. Philippe --f40304361e123db5d80544f1b79f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
PL> FWIW (not very much) I think tabs suck...=

If we were going to reformat all the sources, I'd rather we observe the= rule
"never use tabs". I don't see what benefit they possibly offe= r.

I agree. "Always use spaces" i= s just simpler in pretty much all aspects: no need to worry about tab width= or tabs intermixes and it works with all editors. The only drawback being = file size but it's been over a decade that this is no longer an argumen= t.

Philippe
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