On 15 June 2016 at 22:16, Eric Anholt <e...@anholt.net> wrote:
> Jose Fonseca <jfons...@vmware.com> writes:
>
>> On 15/06/16 18:13, Emil Velikov wrote:
>>> On 15 June 2016 at 15:58, Brian Paul <bri...@vmware.com> wrote:
>>>> Why is this change needed?  Does some compiler balk at 1.f?
>>>>
>>> Since I'm the one 'to blame' for these patches I'll answer - consistency.
>>> These are the only remaining cases where the trailing zero was missing :-)
>>>
>>> -Emil
>>
>> Although I'm not one of them myself, some people prefer the short ".f"
>> instead of ".0f".  So, unless we all plant to make a point out of
>> avoiding ".f" when writing new code, and call it out on patch reviews,
>> this consistency will be short lived.
>>
>> That is, I think that attempts to standardize minor cosmetic issues is a
>> distraction.
>
> It's hard to express just how much I agree with this statement.
> Nitpicking minor cosmetic variations (not even problems) drags a project
> down.
Interesting, I don't recall anyone speaking negatively as others have
sent trivial patches that provides consistency to the project. Guess I
missed them somehow ?

It's a bit sad that you guys find this as a distraction/deterrent/etc.
but as you wish.

-Emil
P.S. Ensuring new code matches coding standards can be rather easily
enforced with git hooks.
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