The indent character is tab, whose width is your decision. That's in large part why the indent character is tab: to let you choose how much to indent.
-rob On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 8:05 PM, <hollowaykea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Because it warns you that you're probably nesting too deep and should > consider breaking them into smaller functions. It's more of a coding > practice, not some language standards. Read #1 from > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.10/process/coding-style.html. > > > On Friday, March 7, 2014 at 10:01:19 PM UTC+8, JohnGB wrote: >> >> I can't understand what the reasoning was for an 8 space indent. I >> realise that this doesn't affect the functioning of any code, but it does >> affect whether the code fits on a screen and hence the code readability. >> Even "A tour of Go" uses 4 space indents instead of 8. >> >> So what is the advantage of 8 space indents that isn't adequately >> addressed by 4 space indents? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
