One does not simply suggest changing a kernel line to help out a parsing tool.
No matter which side you’re on, I think we can all agree that there’s a special circle in hell reserved for people who don’t follow conventions.
I just use format on commit tools now. Everyone can have their own personal workspace, and the team repository of code is automatically standardized
Disclosure: The author is a tab person insofar as he has any idea what he’s doing.
This post was updated at 6:33 pm Eastern to fix some line-break issues in the Torvalds blockquote. The irony was duly noted. A better link regarding the Tabs Vs. Spaces debate was also swapped in.
I like this disclosure.
In this kind of debate, to people refer to tabs as actually entering the tab character, or to the use of tabs involving immediate replacement with a specified number of spaces?
For instance vscode allows the usage of the tab butting to enter 2 or 4 spaces when pressed, would that be considered tab or spaces?
Thats spaces.
That said, I do think a lot of newbies think it’s “Tabs”, which fuels a not-insignificant portion of this debate.
Definitely is a misconception. The video posted by another commentor (Silicon Valley clip) implies spaces is manually pressing space 4-8 times. Which we should all be able to agree is madness :)
I’ll just leave this here
lol. there has never been a soda spaces that have had a cult following. tab was aweful though.
