[ale] Language Formatting (wuz: flip flopping on programming, now interested in c++)

[wolf.halton at gmail.com (Wolf Halton)]

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:26 PM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/3/12, Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> > We are picking nits here.  Just the same, you shouldn't have to have the
> > language enforce your formatting.
>
> The interesting thing about Python's formatting is that it lets you
> avoid some character typing. So while it may not be everyone's cup of
> tea it at least provides some benefit for the trade.
>
> Leam
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Many IDEs have a tabbify/spacify feature that keeps the mismatches down to
a minimum, bit letting you convert 4 spaces to a tab and vice versa.  I
like python and tend to do similar indents when I am writing shell scripts
to aid reading comprehension.

Wolf

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