• IRQBreaker@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    As an embedded software developer that does linux kernel drivers I've come to love the tab size 8 indentation level.

    I'm paraphrasing: "if your indentation level gets too deep, it's time to rethink/refactor your function."

    And with tab 8 you'll notice it rather quick if your function does too much/unrelated stuff.

    A function should be short and do one thing only, if possible. It also makes unit testing easier if that's a requirement.

    • xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      When you're operating on such a low level of abstraction, it's no wonder you don't need deep nesting.