Re: TABs in SQR?

[Arthur Coniglio <Arthur.CONIGLIO@EDDEPT.WA.EDU.AU>]

Guys,

With PFE you can Space fill your TABS.
Then everyones happy.

Cheers

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony DeLia [mailto:tdelia@EROLS.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:06 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
Subject: Re: TABs in SQR?


Sharon,

   I too defend others rights to use TABS... as long as they don't
inadvertently modify one of my programs with them... when this occurs
I'm overcome with a feeling similar to "road rage"... I'll refer to this
as "TAB rage"... A programmer at a client site browsed some of my
programs for some SQR tips and mistakenly saved each one with his
totally obscure editor... it not only removed all my indentation but it
inserted tabs and outdated formatting characters that caused SQR to crap
the bed! Fortunately I had everything backed up... Do yourself and
others a favor and don't use any special characters... source code
should remain as generic as possible...

   For those who may argue that TABS are okay consider this...

A) TABS may cause problems when there is no standard editor between
programmers...
   Why taint the source code for the mere luxury of laziness?
B) Generic, TAB-free source code NEVER causes a problem

   As you may have noticed this topic is one of my many pet peeves...

   Tony DeLia

PS - SPF/PC 4.0 (DOS Based Version) rules!

Ray Ontko wrote:
>
> Sharon,
>
> As a general rule, SQR is perfectly tab-tolerant.
>
> However, you may wish to avoid them because:
>
> 1) a tab inside a quoted string may be difficult to distinguish
>    from a space inside a quoted string (this kind of thing drives
>    programmers nuts), and
> 2) printing or mailing of SQR that contain tabs is a hassle if
>    margins or other text (for example, if "> " gets added).
>
> I never use tabs in my own code, but I defend the right of other
> people to use them. ;-)
>
> Ray
>
> > A fellow consultant who has been coding SQR for several years recently
told
> > me to make sure I have no TABs in my programs. Now I think to this point
I
> > may only have had a couple in the comments in my programs; however, my
> > question is 'Why is this important?' I can not find a reference to TABs
in
> > the SQR3 User Guide nor in the book SQR in PeopleSoft and Other
> > Applications. Granted I have not read either of the books cover to
cover.
> > Another consultant here says he has never heard that TABs cause problems
> > before now. I have been writing SQR now for 6 months, and was a Visual
Basic
> > programmer prior to this, so this seems really odd to me.
> >
>
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Tony DeLia
AnswerThink Consulting Group
PeopleSoft Solutions Practice - Delphi Partners
tdelia@erols.com
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