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At least in C, I like to line things up sometimes: void function_with_lots_of_arguments (int arg_a, int arg_b,

• wolfgke 14y ago
  In this case you use spaces for the parts that shall be lined up and tabs for the rest. Example: class Foo { \tint bar(int a, \t int b); };
  • cheradenine01 14y ago
    Yes, but you can't tell in your editor if you've got \t int b); or \t\t int b); Because they'll look the same to you, but not to anyone else without 4-space-tabs.
    • pan69 14y ago
      That is correct. But you do know the indentation rule so you know that the int b only has 1 tab followed by spaces.
    • wolfgke 14y ago
      There are editors that have such a feature (for example called "show whitespace" or "show spaces and tabs").
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• markokocic 14y ago
  That's where one single rule helps: use only tabs for indentation and only spaces for alignment.
• dylan-m 14y ago
  If you're trying to line things up with tabs, you're doing it wrong. Tabs are for indentation. Lining up columns is not indenting. (I'd also argue that trying to line stuff up like that is, nine times out of ten, doing it wrong: it inevitably leads to an if statement where the consequent is indented as much as the last line of conditions. If people are swearing by a style guide that says "always do this," and it's that, at least some of their code will end up being messy anyway).