Re: [Libvir] proposal: remove contradictory indentation directive
"Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 02:40:13PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 02:43:22PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> > Please don't add the "tab-width: 4" specifier.
> > Specifying a tab-width at all in a new file with "indent-tabs-mode:
nil"
> > is a contradiction. The latter says there should be no TABs, yet
> > the former says "when there are, give them width 4." Coding style
> > guidelines are universal in their recommendations to stick with 8-byte
> > TAB stops, independent of whether you actually use TAB or spaces.
>
> Agreed, good idea.
ACK.
Could we get a make syntax-check test to look for these bogus tabs too
Of course.
These days, any time I make a global change like this,
I also make time to ensure that new violations can't sneak back in.