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Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces?

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  Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-12-08 15:52 +1100
    Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-12-08 00:18 -0800

#82103 — Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces?

Aahan Krish <krish@aahan.me> writes:

> It's just that I don't like arbitrary rules. IMHO, spaces aren't
> "better than" tabs, and people should refrain from saying that.

Simplicity has value.

The rule “use four spaces for indentation” is simple to stick to, and
simple to obtain sane display results by default.

Using U+0009 characters for indentation is objectively more complex,
because of the addition of all the special treatment of U+0009
characters, and especially the admonitions needed to readers not to use
the attractive editor features of customising U+0009 rendering.

So, you may decide the simplicity is less valuable than the ability to
change the rendering of this special U+0009 character. But, if one
values that simplicity, then U+0020 characters *are* better than U+0009
characters for indentation.

So, no, I will not refrain from saying that.

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Ben Finney

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Le lundi 8 décembre 2014 05:55:54 UTC+1, Ben Finney a écrit :
> Aahan Krish <krish@aahan.me> writes:
> 
> > It's just that I don't like arbitrary rules. IMHO, spaces aren't
> > "better than" tabs, and people should refrain from saying that.
> 
> Simplicity has value.
> 
> The rule "use four spaces for indentation" is simple to stick to, and
> simple to obtain sane display results by default.
> 
> Using U+0009 characters for indentation is objectively more complex,
> because of the addition of all the special treatment of U+0009
> characters, and especially the admonitions needed to readers not to use
> the attractive editor features of customising U+0009 rendering.
> 
> So, you may decide the simplicity is less valuable than the ability to
> change the rendering of this special U+0009 character. But, if one
> values that simplicity, then U+0020 characters *are* better than U+0009
> characters for indentation.
> 
> So, no, I will not refrain from saying that.


You are commenting. I'm pretty sure you never wrote
an editor or an interactive interpreter.

jmf

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