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From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
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Subject: Re: Indention - why spaces?
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Previously Mark Mielke wrote:
> If they each adjusted their style to match the code they were editting,
> this would be an unacceptable overhead.

[...]

> Style should be determined per product, or at least per component

There is a contradiction there. In reality you learn to deal with
different indenting styles, especially if you live in an free software
environment. Style should be consistent within a product though.

Wichert.

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