Why?? (prog question)

spellberg_robert emailrob at emailrob.com
Thu Apr 2 07:32:04 PDT 2009


hi, muffy; hi, biff ---

golly, gee_whillikers, kids,
   i always thought it was "undent";
   equal length,
   minimum diff.

see you all at the malt_shop, after the sock_hop.

rob



Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
>  > Oliver Fromme <olli at lurza.secnetix.de> writes:
>  > > William Gordon Rutherdale wrote:
>  > > > [...]  I don't think I've ever written the word "dedent" in my life,
>  > > > at least until this paragraph.  In fact, I'm not convinced that it
>  > > > IS a word.
>  > > It's a technical term,
>  > 
>  > No, the correct term is "outdent".
> 
> It probably depends on who you ask.  For example, the
> Python people call it "dedent".  I've also heard it from
> many Eclipse developers.  On the other hand, I've rarely
> heard anyone using the word "outdent".  YMMV, I guess.
> 
> Best regards
>    Oliver



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