BigLep/ChuckanutBayFoodsInternal — comment on commit 076fd524cba98ddfd73928c5a265d9ed1bd4ebee
File: src/com/chuckanutbay/webapp/timeclock/client/ClockInCancelationPanel.java line 32
By MixMasterMitch:

So what does command-I do in eclipse? Does it see that I use tabs and then
make it consistent? If I used spaces would comd-I convert everything to
tabs?

In article 1 it says that the key is just to be consistent so what is the
point in changing to spaces. This particular piece of code was mostly
copied from a GWT example and therefore inconsistent.
On Jan 7, 2012 5:21 PM, "Steve Loeppky" <
reply@reply.github.com>
wrote:

> Pros:
> It enables someone to have more control on how their code is
> displayed. You may like tabs 4 spaces wide, and I may like it 3. By using
> tabs for the initial indent, we get an abstraction to be able to configure
> this.
>
> Cons:
> A programmer has to be more conscious of what they're doing to
> determine whether they should be tabbing, or spacing. Jeff Atwood believes
> it combines all the complexity and pitfalls of both approaches.
> In practice, haven't found the necessary attentiveness for this
> being present by default.
>
> Relevant articles:
>
> http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/04/death-to-the-space-infidels.html
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2004/09/14/229474.aspx
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