Re: Tab versus space indentation, and source code control systems... (was: Re: Style guide?)

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2017-06-16 12:57 GMT+02:00 steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com>:

> So there's something to be said for auto-indentation. (van Rossum really
> was onto something when he made indentation meaningful).

It was the feature that charmed me into adopting Python, but also the
feature that a few years later p*issed me off so much that I chucked
Python in favour of Lua.

> tab/space always seems like such a tiny detail in such a context;
> people should be encouraged to _use_ the tab key, whether it
> produces physical tabs or not.

In CSV files, I'll agree with this. In all other files, especially Lua code,
not.