Tabs in R source code
On 29/11/2009 10:58 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
Some lines are indented by tabs and some lines are indented by spaces, in R source code. This might due to the fact that the source code is not from a single person. But I think that it is better to enforce a single convention. My editor defaults a tab to 8 spaces. So some source doesn't seem to be indented correctly in my editor. Since tab may be displayed differently in different editor, I recommend to replace all the tabs by the appropriate number of spaces to ensure the same indentation display.
The R source code assumes that tabs occur every 8 columns, so if your editor is working properly, it should display files as intended.
Could somebody update the source code in the future version by replacing tabs by spaces and enforce such a coding convention in the future?
No, that would not be feasible, for the reason you give in the second sentence of your post. Duncan Murdoch