Hi Monks!

Most of you, more advanced in programming than myself, have probably already adopted a <TAB> usage style already, but I still haven't found mine, didn't have the epiphany that would show me the way... I would very much like to hear the opinions of many Perl programmers about the two issues involved in this problem:

I tend to adopt the conversion startegy, and I really think that if I use the same editor (which is Vim) over time, I shouldn't have any problems. But what about that maintenance programmer that the authors of Learning Perl are talking so much about? I think if he uses a good enough editor, he could convert spaces back to <TAB>s if that is what he likes and uses regularly. Opinions? Other pros and cons?

The tabstop value is another interesting problem, since Rithie and Kernighan argued very stongly for the 8 character length, long enough in their opinion for three indentations and saying that anyone needing more should reconsider the structure of his program. Others say, that code written with a value of 4 is more aesthetical and more readable... I'd go for a tabstop of 4... Arguments? Counter-arguments?

Lori

In reply to The classical TAB issue by Lorand

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