Re^2: No Hard Tabs in Code

I have two .perltidyrc files.

One contains just this line:

-pbp
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The other contains various heretical statements such as

-i=3   # Indent level is 3 cols
-et=3  # Use tabs for indents because I'm such a sociopath
-ci=3  # Continuation indent is 3 cols
-icb   # Make closing braces align with the body of their block
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As I'm editing code, I'll run perltidy over it with my preference for formatting. Before checking code back in, I'll run perltidy with the Perl Best Practices formatting, run ./Build test and commit.

I, too, draw a distinction between "indenting" and "alignment". I, too, program in languages other than Perl (such as Ruby, Python and PHP).

I also edit using a proportional font (DejaVu Sans is my current favourite), which renders any attempts at "alignment" futile. I cannot stand the practice of sticking in extra spaces to make the '=' symbols line up.

The perltidy tool lets me slip in under the radar of contemporary society.

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Re^3: No Hard Tabs in Code (perltidy)
by tye (Sage) on Nov 25, 2010 at 23:37 UTC

Until you run into constructs that perltidy misformats. Then your coworkers will eventually wonder, every time they fix the use of & to override a prototype and then you touch unrelated code in the same source file, why the space gets re-inserted stupidly...

Do you at least look at the differences you are introducing before you finish checking in? Probably not. Probably making merge conflicts significantly worse plenty of times as well.

- tye

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