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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Naming conventions?
From:       Richard Smith <kde () metafoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2004-10-14 0:18:57
Message-ID: 200410140118.57655.kde () metafoo ! co ! uk
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On Thursday 14 October 2004 00:19, Michael Pyne wrote:
> What about stuff like (you'll need a fixed-width font for this
> demonstration):
>
> Namespace::type ClassWithALongName::fooMethod(bool argument_1,
>                                               int argument_2, etc...
>
>     ^        ^         ^          ^
>
> How are you going to indent the int so that it is (always, no matter what
> tab setting you use) directly under bool by using tabs alone?  Even if you
> are a tabs kind of programmer, this has to be done using spaces to look
> right. Unfortunately most editors aren't good enough to realize that some
> lines must be spaced out, even in tab mode, and so the code still looks bad
> for people with different tab settings.

It's unfortunate that some editors are broken this way. Kate is, for instance. 
I'm working on an auto-indent mode (for Kate) which fixes that right now. 
I've already got it working for the case you describe above.
--
Thanks,
Richard
 
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