Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
(I'd go further and require that the leading white-space always be identical, not just get you to the same column. Tabs are not always equal to 8 spaces...)
Choosing a non-standard tab width is evil. They should be 8 spaces always and life would be a bit simpler.
Tab stops are *every 8 columns*. The "width" of an individual tab character is between 1 and 8 columns, depending upon column in which the tab character occurs. Pedantry aside, I agree with your presumed meaning. The magic number is 8. If anyone wishes to believe otherwise, then fine; so long as they don't expect the rest of the world to share their delusion. I can see the sense in prohibiting mixing of tabs and spaces, even at the beginning of the line (e.g. due to citation marks in email). OTOH, I can also see how this is asking for trouble; expect the phrase "but it looks OK in my editor" to become commonplace. -- Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>