On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 02:27:27PM +0000, Laurence Rochfort wrote: > Thanks very much for the comprehensive answer. > > Using spaces and tabs for alignment does make the code more readable > to my mind. > > The reason behind my question originally was that the CodingStyle doc > states: > > "Outside of comments, documentation and except in Kconfig, spaces are never > used for indentation, and the above example is deliberately broken." > > however most code I have seen is not compliant with that. > > Should the docs be updated? There's difference between terms "indentation" and "alignment". Please see paragraph "Indentation and alignment" of previously referenced article: http://dmitryfrank.com/articles/indent_with_tabs_align_with_spaces#indentation_and_alignment Accounting this difference, the doc is correct in strict sense. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
