Introducing Cobra

Christopher Smith x at xman.org
Wed Jan 2 15:15:59 PST 2008


John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> Christopher Smith wrote:
>   
>> The problem comes from cases where people use a mix of tabs and spaces,
>> particularly if there are non-standard tab sizes to deal with. Then what
>> the eye sees and what the compiler see don't match again.
>>     
>
> Exactly why that argument is false. Since the eye cannot see the
> difference between a tab and a space, it cannot be differentiated.
>   
Sure, but the obvious solution is to not allow that to happen. Confusing
the eye helps noone. This is exactly what I've been saying.

--Chris



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