[MLton] Tabs in source files
Matthew Fluet
fluet@cs.cornell.edu
Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
> Quoting Henry Cejtin <henry.cejtin@sbcglobal.net>:
> > I agree that once you avoid #1 (any tabs or spaces) that #3 (no tabs) is
> > far better. The problem is how to enforce it. It is easy to forget.
>
> AFAIK, SVN also has some support for running scripts to verify commits,
> but I haven't used it previously.
Sure, but you can use the scripts to either a) reject a commit with tabs
or b) fix a commit with tabs. Of course, if you choose b), we're back in
the same boat: what does a tab mean? And if you choose a), frequent
committers quickly get annoyed.