How far do you indent?

**dwks** · 08-30-2005

Okay, just curious again: How many spaces do you indent? I indent 4 spaces. I think 4 will be the majority.

**7smurfs** · 08-30-2005

Tab.

**Stoned_Coder** · 08-30-2005

never tab unless you have tabs set to insert spaces.

**dwks** · 08-30-2005

Well, how much does the tab indent in your editor?

**dwks** · 08-30-2005

never tab unless you have tabs set to insert spaces.

You know, I agree. Tabs can really mess up your indentation. But everyone seems to use them.

**linkofazeroth** · 08-30-2005

I let Dev-C++ indent for me, unless an if statement indents too far, then I set it to about 7. Otherwise, it's 4 or 5. So I selected all three options above.

**anonytmouse** · 08-30-2005

never tab unless you have tabs set to insert spaces.

If you can manage not to mix the two, tabs are fine. 2 or 3 spaces are not enough. Use 4 or more.

**dwks** · 08-30-2005

You guys are weird. I ALWAYS indent 4 spaces.

**Narf** · 08-30-2005

2 or 3 spaces are not enough. Use 4 or more.

My experience doesn't justify this statement. In my opinion, 1 is too little, but 2 is enough if the code is formatted consistently. 4 can easily be too much with some styles of C and most styles of C++ where lines can get pretty long, and the indention doesn't help.

**dwks** · 08-30-2005

Does anyone actually indent 1 space?

I know Govtcheez voted for everything, but I doubt he uses 1 space. Well, maybe.

**Boomba** · 08-30-2005

I do a tab, whyd does a tab screw things up?

**dwks** · 08-30-2005

Well, if you transfer it, it sometimes ends up looking like this:

Code:

int main(void) {
                     if(1) {
                      printf("hi");
            }
                  return 0;
     }

**alphaoide** · 08-30-2005

Yup. I use 2. 4 is too much; especially if you have to keep it under 80 char per line, those indents add up quickly.

**dwks** · 08-30-2005

If they "add up quickly", modularize your program (ie, break it up into functions). One of my books suggests that you shouldn't go over three levels of indentation, but I don't go that far.

But I think 8 is too much, for all that.

**Rashakil Fol** · 08-30-2005

If your lines are too long it's not the tab size that is the problem.

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