Re: [HACKERS] Source code format vote

On 03-Jan-00 Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Hannu Krosing wrote:
>>
>> > Tom Lane wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> writes:
>> > > > Was "spaces instead of tabs" one of the voted-on options? That would
>> > > > make the tab issue moot, and would result in consistant appearance not
>> > > > matter what tab setting one is using.
>> > >
>> > > I'd be willing to vote for this if the space penalty is not large...
>> >
>> > Me too!
>>
>> Count me in.
>
> Do I need to tabluate a vote on this too?
>
> I have to get all new votes from everyone on:
>
> 8-space tabs
> no tabs
>
> Indentaion is still 4-spaces.
>
> I prefer the 8-space tabs to no tabs. Seems like 8-space tabs won over
> 4-space tabs, so we need a vote on 8-space tabs vs. no tabs.
>
> I will need new votes because I have not kept any of the old messages.

Ok, this is probably a really dumb question and probably even been answered
before but I missed it. Why not make a tab be a tab and however it appears
in the end programmer's editor can be up to the programmer? Or is pgindent
changing tabs to spaces?

Vince.
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