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> using auto-formatting IDEs produces. I strongly suspect a lot of the remainder of the tabs vs spaces reminder is actually about how it either constrains edit
by wwweston 7y ago
> using auto-formatting IDEs produces.
I strongly suspect a lot of the remainder of the tabs vs spaces reminder is actually about how it either constrains editor / IDE choices OR requires and investment of time to deal with whichever choice someone else made.
"Why do you care, my IDE just handles this" is pretty close to saying "use my IDE," on top of "use my convention."
- infogulch 7y agoThat's why people are asking to push this problem down to the language level the way Go has done. Go defines both the "correct" format of the code as well as a standard way for any/every editor to enforce it (gofmt etc). That eliminates the double-headed subjectivity of both "use my IDE" AND "use my convention" down to just "use the standard convention defined by the language". And people love it because finally we can stop arguing about the stupid color of paint for the bikeshed and just bloody build the damn thing.