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TEOS-10 / GSW-C

C implementation of the Thermodynamic Equation Of Seawater - 2010 (TEOS-10)
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Convert tabs to 8 spaces in editable files. #24

Closed efiring closed 6 years ago

efiring commented 6 years ago

The C source uses a mix of tabs and spaces, which wreaks havoc when editing with an editor configured for 4-space tabs. Therefore, to preserve the present visual structure under future editing, all tab characters in user-editable files are replaced with 8 spaces; hard tab characters (and trailing whitespace) should not be used in any future edits.

efiring commented 6 years ago

I recognize that there is some distaste for massive style changes like this, but I consider this one to be essential for maintaining my sanity if I am to continue working with this codebase. Note that the aim is to preserve the visual appearance of the existing code, regardless of the editor that is used to look at it or modify it; this is a change in the way the present style is encoded, not a change in the style itself.