Re: Stopping XCode From Inserting Tab Characters
Re: Stopping XCode From Inserting Tab Characters
- Subject: Re: Stopping XCode From Inserting Tab Characters
- From: "Ray, Jeffrey R. {Jeff}(DFRC-ME)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:32:26 -0500
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: Stopping XCode From Inserting Tab Characters
>>I personally have never understood this (why worry about things you
>>can't see that don't affect parsing and don't make the file noticeably
>>bigger?) but apparently you're not alone, as Google's coding style
>>guidelines also forbid trailing whitespace.
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> This isn't a problem until you are not the only developer working on the
>file. At which point these unseen characters get changed and at best show
>up as diffs (that can be ignored) or detected as conflicts by merge
>tools. Then it becomes a pain.
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>
For me, there is also a psychological component. As a programmer, I have
to keep many small details and pending connections in my head, as I run a
sort of mental simulator of my code as I am writing it. Small irritants,
like chatty coworkers, or having to remember to manually delete dangling
whitespace, can add up to have a significant annoyance or distraction
cost. Sure I could try to just ignore that buzzing fly, but instead I'm
more likely to be annoyed that Apple keeps letting more in.
It's nice that Apple has added the ability to deal with it now.
Regretfully, I cannot take advantage of it, as I am restricted to Xcode
4.2 (our site standard for Macs is 10.6), but I'll get there someday.
-j
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