AW: [Htmlparser-developer] tabs

[Holger S. <Hol...@xt...>]

Hi,

The proposed standard of an indent to 4 sounds good.=20
We at our company actually use an indent of 2. Would that be ok too?
I also support Fernando in his view of more complete coding standards.
How about the original one from Sun =
(http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/)?

Also: Many if not most classes are pretty well documented, but some =
aren't.
I would like to actively join this project again, so that might help a =
lot. ;-)

Cheers,
Holger

-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Derrick Oswald [mailto:Der...@ro...]=20
Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. August 2003 04:56
An: htm...@li...
Betreff: [Htmlparser-developer] tabs



I'm thinking of making a gratuitous change to nearly all the htmlparser=20
source files -- replace tabs with spaces.

I've been using a tabstop of 4 and my guess is some others have been=20
using 8. This is too much in my opinion, but the point is there seems to =

be too much ambiguity in the repository at the moment about whether to=20
use tabs or not and how many spaces they represent and hence how much=20
indent is applied when entering a block of code.  Maybe it's my fault.=20
I've been a 4 space person ever since moving away from the old DOS text=20
screens, where it was two spaces, and only because screen real-estate=20
was so precious.  So the code I've inserted must look horrendous for=20
those with an 8 spacing.

How about arbitrarily dictating that no tabs are allowed, and the indent =

is 4?  Just set a standard and adhere to it.

I know every editor in use has a 'replace tabs with spaces' option and=20
it's just a matter of some people turning that feature on.  I can=20
correct the existing files in a few minutes (correctly adding the number =

of spaces to get to the next tabs stop, not just globally substituting=20
spaces for tabs).

I know this is a religious issue, so I'll gladly offer to convince=20
anyone my way is correct and theirs is wrong, and trump anyone's code=20
drop with one that doesn't contain tabs until they give up. Harrumph!

Derrick





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