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I found it amusing his example of badly formatted code one = 1 fortyTwo = 42 elite = 1337 is exactly how most modern linters want to format my code.

• layer8 4y ago
  In IDEs that support refactor-renaming (Emacs probably does?), the column-aligned formatting also has the drawback that it breaks (unless the refactoring also auto-realigns all affected code). For example, one = 1 fortyTwo = 42 elite = 1337 might become: one = 1 ultimateAnswer = 42 leet = 1337 This made me stop column-aligning in most cases. An exception is array initializers for two-dimensional tables with many columns, where the benefit is important enough.
  • rany_ 4y ago
    It also makes git blame a lot less useful in these scenarios.
    • daptaq 4y ago
      You can pass git blame -w to ignore whitespace changes, though yes, in general it is annoying.
      • rany_ 4y ago
        I wouldn't have made this comment if I knew that. Though I suppose this is still an annoyance for git web interfaces. Thanks for the info!
        • how_gauche 4y ago
          On GitHub you can add ?w=1 to diff URLs to get the same thing (there's a button for it too?)
          • rany_ 4y ago
            I can't find the button. I guess it's a hidden feature