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Being a programmer won't save you from this particular style war. If there's a comment in your code with a sentence that begins with a double space, your code f
by quicklime 6y ago
Being a programmer won't save you from this particular style war. If there's a comment in your code with a sentence that begins with a double space, your code formatter probably won't flag or remove it in the same way that MS Word will. And it's likely shown in a monospace font, which makes it more noticeable.
How many spaces do people put after a full stop in comments in their code?
I go with one, but Vim's J and gq commands annoyingly insert two spaces when joining sentences from separate lines. I'd love it if someone could tell me how to fix this.
Edit: found it, the command is "set nojoinspaces"
- ip26 6y agoBroadly speaking, internal consistency is the best & most important style. So just follow the convention of the codebase you are working in (ideally with a code formatter to help)
- taeric 6y agoIt is even more amusing in Java. Many folks essentially try to do markdown, not realizing that they are probably writing one giant paragraph.
- aembleton 6y agoI go for two, but that's only because it is now in my muscle memory to apply two spaces after a full stop. This came about when I was doing a typing certificate in the UK in the late 90s and I've continued to do it ever since.