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Programming Megathread
Foxscotch:
why do you use tabs?
spaces are always one character long. but tabs are unpredictable. someone may have theirs set to 2 characters or 8. so it is impossible to ensure that your lines will fit within 80/100 columns if you use tabs
Gytyyhgfffff:
spaces don't provide enough space, tabs provide like a mile of space so it separates the code a lot easier and imo they make code more readable
Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Gytyyhgfffff on January 26, 2016, 11:29:31 AM ---spaces don't provide enough space, tabs provide like a mile of space so it separates the code a lot easier and imo they make code more readable
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what
you don't use just one space, you use four
Gytyyhgfffff:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on January 26, 2016, 11:33:49 AM ---what
you don't use just one space, you use four
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but then why hit the spacebar four times when you can just hit tab once
Alyx Vance:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on January 26, 2016, 11:33:49 AM ---what
you don't use just one space, you use four
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Why does it matter? You pick on everyone when they do something just slightly different.