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Re: untabify, coding standards
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Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
Re: untabify, coding standards |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:34:46 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> Is this style something we want to try push into the GNU Coding Standard
>> and/or into the GNU indent default?
>>
>> I don't care much about coding styles conventions, but I care about
>> consistency. Moving away from the default style of GNU indent in gnulib
>> seems a bit inconsistent to me. I can't find anything about tab vs
>> space in the coding standard though. Thoughts?
>
> I think it's too early for pushing this into the GNU Coding Standards.
> Big code repositories like GCC and glibc are still using tabs. coreutils
> and gnulib are just the spearhead. At this point in time, we would
> experience more resistance than approval.
>
> It's similar to the use of UTF-8 for ChangeLog files: In 2000, most
> people would have been opposed to it. In 2007 or so, even the Emacs
> ChangeLog switched to UTF-8. Nowadays, no one even thinks about it
> any more.
>
> If you care about consistency, you can switch your projects to the
> spaces-only style soon. Yes, it's probably easier to switch your
> habit once for all projects, than to continue using different
> habits for different projects.
Fair enough! I'll probably switch some of my projects if it appears
feasible.
/Simon
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, (continued)
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- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Bruno Haible, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Simon Josefsson, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Jim Meyering, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Bruno Haible, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Simon Josefsson, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify, coding standards, Bruno Haible, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify, coding standards,
Simon Josefsson <=
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Pádraig Brady, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Simon Josefsson, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Karl Berry, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Bruno Haible, 2009/12/10
- Re: untabify - last call for objections, Jim Meyering, 2009/12/11
Re: update copyrights?, Bruno Haible, 2009/12/07