[Dnsmasq-discuss] code style

[Shota Hino]

>
> With tab stops set to 8, a single tab or eight spaces are just alternate
> representations of the same thing, surely?


Yes.

But what I am asking in this thread is to use either tabs or white spaces
(not both).
If only one is used, the width of tab in IDE does not matter. Hence, I
think this is a code style question request.


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On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 2:49 PM Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk>
wrote:

> On 11/09/2019 22:12, Shota Hino wrote:
> > How do you feel about the mix usage of tab and leading white spaces?
> > The code is mangled because some liens use a tab and some use white
> spaces.
> > I do not think the choice of tab vs white spaces is code representation.
>
> With tab stops set to 8, a single tab or eight spaces are just alternate
> representations of the same thing, surely?
>
>
> Simon
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 2:05 PM Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk
> > <mailto:simon at thekelleys.org.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >     There seems to be confusion here between code style, and code
> >     representation.
> >
> >     Code style, ie layout, indent width, is not negotiable.
> >
> >     Code representation is the use of tab characters at 8-character
> stops.
> >     If your IDE or other device doesn't use 8 characher stops, it will
> >     mangle code. That doesn't mean the code is badly formatted, it means
> >     your display method is incompatible.
> >
> >     It's quite possible to get around this by running expand on every
> >     commit, so that only spaces are used in the repo. It's even possible
> to
> >     run expand on every existing file, at the expense of polluting the
> logs.
> >     I don't think there are any other downsides to this.
> >
> >     Or people could  configure IDEs and editors to use sane tab stops.
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >     Simon.
> >
> >     On 07/09/2019 18:21, john doe wrote:
> >     > On 9/7/2019 6:25 PM, Shota Hino wrote:
> >     >> Whatever the width of the tab is, converting all tabs to
> >     whitespaces (or
> >     >> the other way around) would be better.
> >     >> If code formatting was forced at the time of each commit, there
> >     would be no
> >     >> need for anybody to set the tab width on their editor.
> >     >> Consistent coding style will help more developers in the future.
> >     >>
> >     >>
> >     >>
> >     >
> >     > I agree, consistent code is best, clear guideline could be usefull
> for
> >     > new code.
> >     > Simon Kelley, the belligerent dictator of the Dnsmasq project will
> >     need
> >     > to way in on such changes though.
> >     >
> >     > --
> >     > John Doe
> >     >
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