#indentation

[x11-official]

In my scripts and config files I use tabs rather than spaces (and set my tabstop to 8 at that), which I'm aware is an uncommon practice, but at least what I'm doing makes more sense than the codebase for the S-Lang library:

If this were 3, 5, 8, 10, and then 13 spaces it'd be bad enough, but no. It's actually: 3 spaces, 5 spaces, 1 tab, 1 tab 2 spaces, 1 tab 5 spaces. I admire the sheer level of self-confidence the programmer has, but what the fuck.

[solstacoded]

when you code you use:

2 space tabs

4 space tabs

8 space tabs

i don't indent my code

other (in tags)

i don't code (vanilla extract)

Voting ended onAug 17, 2023

[explainprogrammerhumor]

Programmers like to argue

In programming, a function (or method) is a piece of code you can re-use. Usually you put a piece of data into a function, it does something to the data, and spits out a different piece of data.

The analogy I like to use is that a function is like one of those conveyor-belt toasters at Quiznos or some other sandwich place: you put your sandwich on one end, something happens inside the machine, and out the other end comes a toasty sandwich.

If the toaster was a function, you might write it like this:

function toaster(untoastedSandiwch){ toastedSandwich = makeToasty(untoastedSandwich) return toastedSandwich }

A lot of programming languages use that mix of parentheses and curly brackets ({ and }) to write functions. But many don't care how you space things out.

In JavaScript, and many other languages, I could write the above function a bunch of different ways:

function toaster(untoastedSandiwch) { toastedSandwich = makeToasty(untoastedSandwich) return toastedSandwich } function toaster(untoastedSandiwch) { toastedSandwich = makeToasty(untoastedSandwich) return toastedSandwich } function toaster(untoastedSandiwch) {toastedSandwich = makeToasty(untoastedSandwich) return toastedSandwich} function toaster(untoastedSandiwch){toastedSandwich = makeToasty(untoastedSandwich); return toastedSandwich}

A computer would run all of those the exact same way, so there's not really a "right" way to write functions.

The joke is when there's no "right" way to do something, programmers like to argue about what is "best." This comic uses the Mac vs PC meme. The two first guys who use different ways of writing functions would normally be arguing with each other, but arbitrarily gang up on the third guy who uses a slightly-different way of writing functions.

If you see two programmers arguing about something, the more they're arguing, the less there's a right answer.

[futurerustfuture-dust]

We all post bullshit from time to time (why deny it?), but also treasures! "Indentation" is one for sure ^^ - would you share a bit about where the story is going, if you don´t mind?

Hmmm. How to share what’s going to happen next without spoiling it. 

They’re going to the realm of Titans, that’s the ultimate goal of course, looking to discover the truths of Rey’s parentage. There’s going to be a final confrontation, of course. Action. Smut. Some hard truths. 

And of course, more smut. Who would we be without it?

@kuresoto did I mention the smut? Or did I miss that? 

[loopedgifs]

Indentation 

[purplemonkeysexgod69]

[mapfel]

Indentation inside XML code doc with ReSharper

Visual Studio, ReSharper, and other tools (e.g. GhostDoc) use different indentations of tag content:

For instance, ReSharper indents by default as demonstrated in Foo.

To stop this behavior, go to "ReSharper → Options → Code Editing → XML Doc Comments → Formatting Style → Tag content → Indent inside element that contain text" set "No indent from parent element"