[erlang-questions] Controversial subject of the day: tabs and spaces for indentation

[Federico Carrone]

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On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Loïc Hoguin <essen@REDACTED> wrote:

> On 02/11/2014 02:17 AM, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:
>
>> Our message crossed.
>>
>> On 11/02/2014, at 12:13 PM, Loïc Hoguin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Indentation:
>>>
>>> myfunction(A, B, C,
>>>     D, E) ->
>>>
>>> Alignment:
>>>
>>> myfunction(A, B, C,
>>>            D, E) ->
>>>
>>
>> I don't call that "alignment", I call that "evil".
>> As far as I am concerned, one of the core rules of
>> good indentation is
>>   - the presence or absence of line breaks will
>>     depend on the size of names and constants
>>   - but the AMOUNT of indentation never will.
>>
>> Why?  Because indentation is supposed to reveal
>> STRUCTURE, not spelling.
>>
>
> I agree. Unfortunately many people align there.
>
>
>  I would write this as
>>
>>      my_function(
>>          A, B, C, D, E
>>      ) ->
>>
>
> That certainly looks better.
>
>
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