On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 10:15:38 +0100
The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> On 05/04/17 09:56, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> >  I prefer to use tabs for indentation and only for indentation
> > (alignment within an indentation block uses spaces) because I can
> > display the code with any tab settings and it aligns perfectly, however
> > when its not my own code and others will be editing it then spaces are
> > less likely to get screwed up and that's what goes into the coding
> > standards, usually enforced by a checkin gate.
> >
> Of course there is the time when a co worker decides to compact all the
> source files by reducing 8 spaces to a tab...including the spaces in the
> carefully formatted strings for the  help and information screen display
> of the embedded product...

 ... and they bounce off the checkin gate which stops it bothering
anyone else.

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