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fixed rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 9 months ago by ambrosiaforest@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tabs should be 4 spaces because it can be replaced 1:1 with "tabs".

For example...

def foo():
    if bar:
        foobar()

vs...

def foo():
tabsif bar:
tabstabsfoobar()

Put that in your code review, cowards!

[-] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago

Only if a person's machine is set to a tab size of four spaces. By this logic, we would need eight spaces for the people with a larger tab size of eight on their machines so they could be 1:1. Minimizing horizontal space is ideal as not everyone has huge horizontal monitor space to work with. But, everyone has infinite vertical space with scrolling.

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

I think they mean the word 'tabs'

[-] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago

oh lol, I missed that =p

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

If your code takes up so much horizontal space with 4-space tabs, you're putting too much on one line or indenting too deep. 4-space tabs keeps your line length manageable.