Re: Formatting -- defining sections of code

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:48:05AM -0500, Andy McKenzie wrote: > >> Hey folks, kind of a strange question here. >> >> Basically, I've been trying to move my style from "self taught" to "Oh >> yeah, there IS a standard for this." One of the things I frequently >> want to do is define sections of my code: to take a simplistic >> example, "this outputs everything that needs to be in file A, this >> outputs what needs to be in file B," and so on. >> >> Up until now, I've used my own standards (generally "#### >> SectionName", since it's easy to search for). But it occurs to me to >> wonder; IS there a standard for this? Most likely, the programming >> world being what it is, there either isn't one or there are lots of >> competing standards, but I'd be interested to know... > > A *standard* for something? ROTFL! Yeah, like there's a standard for > herding cats! [guffaw] The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -Andrew S. Tanenbaum