On Wednesday 01 March 2006 02:36, Brian Hulley wrote:
Ben Rudiak-Gould wrote:
Brian Hulley wrote:
Here is my proposed layout rule:
1) All layout keywords (where, of, let, do) must either be followed by a single element of the corresponding block type, and explicit block introduced by '{', or a layout block whose first line starts on the *next* line
I wouldn't have much trouble adapting to that.
and whose indentation is accomplished *only* by tabs
You can't be serious. This would cause far more problems than the current rule.
Why? Surely typing one tab is better than having to hit the spacebar 4 (or 8) times?
What kind of editor are you using? Notepad? I am used to hitting TAB key and get the correct number of spaces, according to how I configured my editor (NEdit) for the current language mode. TAB characters in program text should be forbidden by law. As well as editors that by default insert a tab char instead of spaces. Ben