Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ...
by scrollaway on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @08:42AM
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Don't align.
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Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ...
by realharo on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @09:54AM
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I also like a rule that states that you either put all the parameters on one line, or each one on its own separate line, but never something in between.
Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ...
by exDM69 on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @10:15AM
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I don't think blindly following any convention is good. Sometimes it makes sense to group a few parameters, take this toy example for instance:
void drawrect(
Surface *surf,
int x, int y,
int width, int height,
uint32_t color);
Grouping relevant arguments just makes it a bit more legible. It's even more useful when calling the said function (assuming function with a lot of parameters, say XCreateWindow).
Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ...
by CJefferson on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @09:53AM
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While I quite like that style, now you have to convince people to never align, before you can convince them to use tabs.
I've not seen any large public code-bases uses this style, so it's hard to know how well it works in practice. Do you know of any major projects with a 'no alignment' requirement?
Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ...
by MatmaRex on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @10:46AM
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MediaWiki uses tabs for indentation and discourages alignment. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions