Re: Code should be selv-maintaining!

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 08:20:14PM -0400, Tedd Sperling wrote: > On Aug 30, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: > > > On 11-08-30 11:36 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: > >> On 30 August 2011 15:04, Tedd Sperling<tedd.sperling@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> To all: > >>> > >>> I prefer the Whitesmiths style: > >>> > >>> > >>> http://rebel.lcc.edu/sperlt/citw229/brace-styles.php > >>> > >>> But "style" is really up to the individual -- what works best for > >>> you is the "best" (unless it's a team effort or the clients > >>> demand). > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> tedd > >> > >> At last!!!! Someone's code I could read without having to reformat > >> it every bloody time!!! > >> > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style#Whitesmiths_style > > > > You're just saying that so Tedd will be your friend!! Come now, > > let's be honest with everyone... Whitesmith's is UUUUUUUUHHHH-GLEE! > > ;) > > > > Cheers, Rob. > > No, not indenting braces is BBBBUUUUTTTTT > UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGLLLLLYYYYYY. > > Make things uniform -- a condition followed by indented code located > between equally indented braces makes sense to me. > How people read > other code styles is a mystery to me. Indeed it is a mystery, a religious one. The way we do it is because we finally broke through the clouds of earthly obfuscation to comprehend the blinding truth that is K&R. Amen. (Nah, it wasn't Kool-Aid. Tasted more like a cross between RC Cola and Dr Pepper.) ;-} Paul -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com http://quillandmouse.com