Re: On Tabs and Spaces

From: Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: Oct 17, 2007, 17:51 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <86sl49g1w1.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>

On Wed, October 17, 2007 12:08 pm, David Kastrup said:

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> All-space indentation renders the binary delta algorithm git uses for
> compression of packs slow and partly inoperative (all sequences of 16
> spaces share the same finger print, and the number of identical finger
> prints for which the file information is kept is reduced to 64).

You seem to have identified a weakness in Git's design rather than an argument against using all-space indentation. Personally I find it counter-productive and annoying to work in space-indented source code. But let's be honest, this "issue" is mostly about familiarity and comfort rather than some deep objective truth.

Sean

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