Jim Evins
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38 lines
1.0 KiB
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Tabs vs. Spaces
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Tabs are only used at the beginning of a line, and only used to express indentation level. Spaces are used
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for any other type of vertical alignment, e.g. aligning function arguments. This ensures that the code
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displays correctly everywhere, regardless of the viewer's tab size, and does not inflict the viewer with my
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choice of tab size (8 spaces).
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I use the emacs smart-tabs-mode to automatically enforce this.
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See https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SmartTabs for more information.
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Indentation Style
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Glabels code uses the Allman (a.k.a "BSD Style") of code indentation. I.e. the brace associated with a
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control statement is placed on the next line, indented to the same level as the control statement.
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Statements within the braces are indented to the next level.
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```
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while ( condition )
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{
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something();
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somethingElse();
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}
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if ( condition2 )
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{
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handleCondition2();
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}
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else
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{
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somethingElse();
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}
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```
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style#Allman_style for more information.
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