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I guess my feeling is, why automate something that doesn't need to happen at all? If you need to see your whitespace, it should be trivial* to make it visible.
by thedufer 15y ago
I guess my feeling is, why automate something that doesn't need to happen at all? If you need to see your whitespace, it should be trivial* to make it visible. Thus, I agree with the comment about brackets being no easier to count than spaces.
*Assuming you're using a reasonable editor.
- fennecfoxen 15y agoIt's true; you could use syntax highlighting or IDE features to make things more obvious. You could also turn on syntax highlighting in Whitespace. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_languag... This is, of course, significantly more ridiculous than an IDE helping you out with your CoffeeScript, so don't take my teasing too seriously ;)
- thedufer 15y agoMy response was meant in much the same tone as yours; I use vim and, while I have never needed visible whitespace, I don't have any indication that its an easy thing to do.