Re: Is the dangling else a syntax bug?

vbdis@aol.com (VBDis)
2 Aug 2001 02:46:46 -0400

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From: vbdis@aol.com (VBDis)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 2 Aug 2001 02:46:46 -0400
Organization: AOL Bertelsmann Online GmbH & Co. KG http://www.germany.aol.com
References: 01-07-160
Keywords: design, syntax
Posted-Date: 02 Aug 2001 02:46:46 EDT

wclodius@aol.com (Wclodius) schreibt:


>The solution is easy. Define the language so that indentation using
>tabs is illegal. If you want the convenience of automatically
>indenting using the tab key, configure the editor so that depressing
>the tab key results in the inserstion of an appropriate number of
>space characters and not a single tab character.


The "appropriate" number of space characters (to be defined!) IMO
makes tabs the better choice for indentation. One tab - one level of
indentation.


As you mentioned already, a system-wide definition for the tab width
will cure possible problems in printing, and encourages all tools to
use that user-definable value.


DoDi

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