At 2002-08-23 19:47, Glynn Clements wrote:
To determine the column number, assume a fixed-width font with this tab convention: tab stops are 8 characters apart, and a tab character causes the insertion of enough spaces to align the current position with the next tab stop.
If you want your code to compile properly, it will have to "look" right to a compiler which has tab stops every eight columns.
Oh I don't use layout, so this makes no difference to me. My blocks are explicitly and unambiguously marked with braces, and my declarations separated with semicolons. And my tabs are set to four, because the code looks nicer that way. And now with internationalisation, we're having all this trouble because the "column number" notion necessary for layout just doesn't work very well with such things as multiple scripts, special halfwidth forms, composed vs. decomposed characters, different-sized spaces etc. I think in this case some simple "90%" solution will be adequate, but my own preference is to avoid it altogether. -- Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA