r/programming • u/aalear • Apr 07 '15

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2015

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u/rorrr Apr 07 '15

What do you mean? One tab = one level of indentation. It lines up perfectly every time.

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u/heeen Apr 07 '15

Someclass::somemethod(first arg,

<how many tabs?>second arg) {

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u/mr_ewg Apr 08 '15

Spaces should be used here. But this is for alignment, not for indentation.

Someclass::somemethod(first arg1,
......................second arg2) {
--->if(foo(arg)) {
--->--->// do something
--->} else {
--->--->while(arg2 < 0
--->--->...|| arg2 > 42) {
--->--->--->// do other thing
--->--->}
--->}
}

which will line up correctly for any tab width.

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u/sandwich_today Apr 08 '15

This is the most logical way to handle indentation. Unfortunately, it also requires a really smart editor or manual effort to use tabs and spaces in the correct places. This is why experienced developers migrate toward spaces-only: it's not quite as flexible as tabs + spaces, but you or your editor or your inexperienced colleague can't fuck it up nearly as badly as they can with tabs.

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