[Gllug] SIGSEGV error

[Peter Childs]

On 02/09/07, Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On 1 Sep 2007, Tethys stated:
> > Nix writes:
> >
> >>I'd prefer C to move to requiring decent indentation so that I could
> >>really whale on those idiots among my coworkers who believe that it's
> >>up to *other* people to indent properly; they can just slam their code
> >>straight down the left-hand margin for `speed'.
> >
> > The current target for my loathing when it comes to indentation
> > is emacs. Most of us in the office use vi. But my boss uses emacs,
> > which has an incredibly unpleasant habit of mixing tabs and spaces
> > when indenting[1].
>
> The GNU coding standards mandate this behaviour, and as Emacs is the
> preferred editor of many GNU hackers, and maintained by GNU, that's the
> default :)
>
> (setq indent-tabs-mode nil) if you dislike it.
>
> >                    Everyone knows that tabs are the one true indentation
> > method[2]. Spaces are OK if you absolutely have to.
>
> Actually, JWZ and numerous others (including me) hold precisely the
> opposite view.
>
> >                                                      But mixing both?
> > That's a cardinal sin, and can never be forgiven.
>
> Nah, it's fine, *as long as* you only ever insert tabs at the start of
> the line, not preceded by any spaces or by anything else. This has the
> advantage that you can `high-speed reindent' your code by changing the
> tab width, and it doesn't muck up the look (much).
>
> (Personally I dislike it and set indent-tabs-mode to nil except when
> editing GNU code.)
>
> > [1] This may just be a feature of the erlang and python modes he uses.
>
> It's an Emacs feature, and can be turned off easily.
>
> >     I try and avoid emacs where possible, so I don't know if it does
> >     it out of the box.
>
> It does.
>
> > [2] Yes, JWZ is wrong about that.
>
> I think this is a religious issue. :)



Yes is a religous issue, and anyone  who  does not understand the problem
should try Occam or Python  if you are used to it not mattering it causes
you chaos in either of these languages.

Peter
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