257m to [email protected] • 2 years agoWhat are your programming hot takes?message-square898fedilinkarrow-up1346
arrow-up1346message-squareWhat are your programming hot takes?257m to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square898fedilink
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilink1•2 years agoA newline is the separator between lines, so the concept of length doesn’t make sense for it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoCorrect. And a tab is the separator between stops.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilink1•2 years agoIndeed. It’s a separator, so using it for indentation doesn’t make sense.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoStops are indentation. They’re what you indent… to. Tab goes to the next stop, the same way newline goes to the next line. Exactly the same way. If you write more text before the next line, the amount of whitespace shrinks. That doesn’t mean the “length” of a newline changes. It always goes one line. A tab always goes one stop.
A newline is the separator between lines, so the concept of length doesn’t make sense for it.
Correct.
And a tab is the separator between stops.
Indeed. It’s a separator, so using it for indentation doesn’t make sense.
Stops are indentation.
They’re what you indent… to.
Tab goes to the next stop, the same way newline goes to the next line. Exactly the same way. If you write more text before the next line, the amount of whitespace shrinks. That doesn’t mean the “length” of a newline changes. It always goes one line.
A tab always goes one stop.