AW: [PEAR-DEV] Whitespace and snow blindness

The principle in this case is readability and not intending consistency. Often consistency helps in that, but sometimes not (as in the case we are currently discussing). Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Lukas Smith smith@dybnet.de _______________________________ DybNet Internet Solutions GbR Reuchlinstr. 10-11 Gebäude 4 1.OG Raum 6 (4.1.6) 10553 Berlin Germany Tel. : +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax : +49 30 83 22 50 07 www.dybnet.de info@dybnet.de > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Sebastian Bergmann [mailto:sebastian@php.net] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Mai 2002 20:30 > An: pear-dev@lists.php.net > Betreff: Re: [PEAR-DEV] Whitespace and snow blindness > > Kristian Koehntopp wrote: > > You have much to learn, my very young padawan. > > :-) > > > But, and this is something that is just true of indentation, > > consistency is not a goal in itself. The goal of indentation is > > to promote readability of the code. Consistency often helps, but > > it is just a tool. When the tool is not useful, just drop it - > > readability is more important than consistency. > > I can't agree to this, and I'm sure Kant wouldn't either. Either you > have principles and act on them, or you don't. > > -- > Sebastian Bergmann > http://sebastian-bergmann.de/ http://phpOpenTracker.de/ > > Did I help you? Consider a gift: http://wishlist.sebastian-bergmann.de/ > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php