Re: Whitespace and snow blindness

From: Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:34:05 +0000
Subject: Re: Whitespace and snow blindness
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Kristian Koehntopp wrote: > Sebastian, will you please visit less Java lectures and university? Sure, if you give me my Diploma and save me the hassle. > My single line of code: > - $r = sprintf("Stackdump (level: %s) follows:\n", $this->_level); > > Your reformatting, covering half the gobi desert: > + $r = sprintf( > + "Stackdump (level: %s) follows:\n", > + $this->_level > + ); I see your point, but it is only valid for lines shorter than 70+ characters. I think you'll agree that overlong lines are bad. Why do I apply the same style used to shorten those long lines to not so long lines? Consistency. > Now please open that 80x25 konsole, black background, green text > and try to read and understand the above code. And then reverse > these patches. The code looks okay to me and I will nothing do the like, sorry. -- Sebastian Bergmann http://sebastian-bergmann.de/ http://phpOpenTracker.de/ Did I help you? Consider a gift: http://wishlist.sebastian-bergmann.de/

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