[Rd] Tabs in R source code

Martin Maechler maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Fri Dec 4 11:57:35 CET 2009


>>>>> "S" == Sharpie  <chuck at sharpsteen.net>
>>>>>     on Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:44:59 -0800 (PST) writes:

    S> pengyu.ut wrote:
    >> 
    >> http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/google-r-style.html
    >> 
    >> Here is the R style, which does not recommend using tabs. Although it
    >> might take some time to forbidden the use of tabs, it will eventually
    >> be a good practice that benefits everyone in the future.
    >> 

    S> Whoa, put the kibosh on that thought. 

    S> That is Google's style guide for R code written at Google by Google
    S> employees.  It is by no means the style guide adopted by the R core team. 
    S> Representing it as the "official" R style guide is just inviting a torrent
    S> of flaming email.

Yes, indeed, thank you Sharpie.
You have given a wise and balanced answer earlier in this
thread, and that *was* close to probably most R core
members opinions.
Can we please, Peng, close this thread now?

Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich (and R-core).



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