Re: Reformat all of src/

[John Yates]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> wrote:

John Yates <address@hidden> writes:

> ​They made sense 40 years ago when my 2315 disk pack held 1.2MB.
> These days I too think they suck.​

I think that if you notice whether the indentation is made from tabs,
spaces or a mix of them, you're probably doing something wrong.

"Something" is not very helpful.  Would you care to suggest a set of best

practices to insulate me (or more importantly a programming newbie) from

<ht> pain?​

Pain extends beyond mere emacs editing.  ​I have worked on projects where

tabstops were at multiples other than 8.  I commend to you the task of writing

a language frontend that tries to report errors in context in such settings.​

And - assuming you believe in unit testing - providing tests for that facility.

Not saying it cannot be done.  (I have done it.)  But it does leave one

wondering why such an anachronism is allowed to persist.

/john