Thread: To TAB or not to TAB...

Originally posted by Thantos
IIRC tabs are actually 5 characters, its been that way since the days of typewriters. Set your word processor to a fixed width font and try it out. Its 5 characters.

No, it's not. The number of characters used depends on what font size you're using. At least that's the case in Word 2002.

And as for tab sizes, the standard is 8 spaces, nothing else.
In some programming languages this is part of the language definition (Python and Haskell for example).
I use a tabstop of four spaces though.

Spaces all the way! Two spaces all the way!

Code:

#include <iostream>

int main( void )
{
  std :: cout << "Hello World!" << std :: endl;
  return 0;
}

- SirCrono6

Am I the only one who uses three space tabs then? I think 3 is perfect for readability.

i have tab set to four spaces becuase of cout... example:

Code:

cout<<"blah blah blah blah"<<endl
    <<"second line blah blah blah"<<endl;

Originally posted by Brian2
There is no reason to use int main(void) in c++
int main() is exactly the same.

Then why waste the time to question it?

Yeah, I know. I don't normally use it anyway .

Code:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])

All the way!

- SirCrono6

...I have Visual C# .net set to 4 spaces and I use Virtual Spaces because if I'm going to be posting a code in the forum, Visual C# .net converts from tabs to spaces. I also use tabs to line up the code. For example:

Code:

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Example
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Main class for the form
    /// </summary>
    public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor for a Windows Form class
        /// </summary>
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponents()
        }
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Used for initializing a form and all the controls needed
        /// for the application.
        /// </summary>
        public void InitializeComponents()
        {
            //
            // form1
            //
            this.Text            = "Form 1 Example";
            this.BackColor       = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
            // ...
        }
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Entry point for starting an application.
        /// </summary>
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.Run(form1);
        }
    }
}