[Freeciv-Dev] Re: coding standard patch

["Anthony J. Stuckey" <astuckey@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:04:27AM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> I'm against tabs. They can be nice if used properly, but I find that to be
> mostly a theoretical perspective, since most of the time they just screw
> things up. Like viewing the source code in a browser - too many tabs and
> you need a 21" in 1600x1400 to see any of it, or (heavens forbid) scroll
> to the right. There is also always someone who doesn't use the correct tab
> size, and tabs also screw up indentation when reading diffs (the new
> indentation looks wrong).

        Sigh.
        I'm totally torn between "the fact that many people screw it up isn't a
reason to stop doing it right ourselves" and "the fact that so many people
screw it up is the only reason I'm able to stomach indentation by space
characters in the first place"...