Re: Code conventions

2002-01-11 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Jon Scott Stevens wrote: on 1/10/02 1:16 AM, GOMEZ Henri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL! Are you taking these guys seriously? =;o) No, since Jon didn't participate to the thread ;) I heard that if you shorten the names of your variables and methods down to single letters, the

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-11 Thread Glenn Nielsen
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Jon Scott Stevens wrote: on 1/10/02 1:16 AM, GOMEZ Henri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL! Are you taking these guys seriously? =;o) No, since Jon didn't participate to the thread ;) I heard that if you shorten the names of your variables and

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-10 Thread GOMEZ Henri
LOL! Are you taking these guys seriously? =;o) No, since Jon didn't participate to the thread ;) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-10 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
on 1/10/02 1:16 AM, GOMEZ Henri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL! Are you taking these guys seriously? =;o) No, since Jon didn't participate to the thread ;) I heard that if you shorten the names of your variables and methods down to single letters, the execution speed increases by a factor

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-09 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
On 9 Jan 2002, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: Date: 09 Jan 2002 00:07:00 -0500 From: Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Jakarta General List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: general at jakarta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Code conventions It's only two little lines extra to include the {}'s

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-09 Thread Carlos Alonso Vega
Tim Vernum wrote: It's only two little lines extra to include the {}'s, Yeah, but those two lines will make my code run slower. Don't you know? The less space your source code takes, the less space your class file will take. And smaller classes run faster. Well, I could be wrong,

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-09 Thread Paulo Gaspar
LOL! Are you taking these guys seriously? =;o) Have fun, Paulo -Original Message- From: Carlos Alonso Vega [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:31 PM To: Jakarta General List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Code conventions Tim Vernum wrote

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-09 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
snip/ :) Someone told me if you use a really small font like courier 6pt then you don't even need an optimizing compiler. Thanks to this conversation, I finally did think of a good reason to use braces on a separate line (which I detest, but that's just me) -- if +1 your manager judges

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-09 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Tim Vernum wrote: It's only two little lines extra to include the {}'s, Yeah, but those two lines will make my code run slower. Don't you know? The less space your source code takes, the less space your class file will take. And smaller classes run faster. Well, I could be

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-09 Thread Kurt Schrader
On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 03:34 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: What about if you set the font size really small? LOL -Andy Perhaps Microsoft just has their font size set really big. :) -Kurt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-09 Thread Armin Zeltner
Hi folks, what about micro-printed on-screen code, watched through glasses? faster? or slower? JAVA is a myst Kurt Schrader wrote: On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 03:34 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: What about if you set the font size really small? LOL -Andy Perhaps Microsoft

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-08 Thread Tim Vernum
It's only two little lines extra to include the {}'s, Yeah, but those two lines will make my code run slower. Don't you know? The less space your source code takes, the less space your class file will take. And smaller classes run faster. It must be true - 90% of people I've worked with

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-08 Thread Ylan Segal
-Original Message- From: Tim Vernum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:12 PM To: 'Jakarta General List' Subject: RE: Code conventions It's only two little lines extra to include the {}'s, Yeah, but those two lines will make my code run slower

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-08 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/8/02 8:53 AM, Endre Stølsvik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: | My question is what are the consequences to forcing me to do #2 when #1 is | perfectly acceptable throughout the professional world? That syntax is so bleedin' ugly that I would

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-08 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/8/02 6:12 PM, Tim Vernum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's only two little lines extra to include the {}'s, Yeah, but those two lines will make my code run slower. Don't you know? The less space your source code takes, the less space your class file will take. And smaller classes

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-08 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
It's only two little lines extra to include the {}'s, Yeah, but those two lines will make my code run slower. Don't you know? The less space your source code takes, the less space your class file will take. And smaller classes run faster. It must be true - 90% of people I've worked

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-05 Thread Gunnar Rønning
* Paulo Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | It could even happen in the USA and it is quite dangerous to think | otherwise (because then you are not alert). Well, I would argue that it is happening in the US now with the new military courts. -- Gunnar Rønning - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 06:03:43 -0800, Sam Ruby wrote: Let's all take a moment to review: http://www.godwinslaw.com/ Amusing but not very pertinent to the discussion. No one exchanged accusations of Nazism. Although I recognize that your goal was probably to diffuse the tension. As things

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/4/02 6:43 AM, Ceki Gülcü [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 06:03:43 -0800, Sam Ruby wrote: If some particular codebase under the Jakarta umbrella consistently chose to take actions which were inconsistent with the Apache mission, then I'm confident that the PMC would

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ted Husted
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: For those of us (like me) that don¹t get it, can we do a quick review why deviation from the One True But Sometimes Really Ugly Coding Standard as defined by Sun Microsystems is such a threat to the ongoing health of Jakarta? And if the above isn't really the

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/4/02 7:23 AM, Ceki Gülcü [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:46 04.01.2002 -0500, you wrote: On 1/4/02 6:04 AM, Ceki Gülcü [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jakarta does not have a benevolent dictator where the puck stops. Recognizing this fact, we either: [SNIP] 3) Keeps things as

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 06:57 04.01.2002 -0500, you wrote: On 1/4/02 6:43 AM, Ceki Gülcü [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 06:03:43 -0800, Sam Ruby wrote: If some particular codebase under the Jakarta umbrella consistently chose to take actions which were inconsistent with the Apache mission,

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/4/02 7:56 AM, Ceki Gülcü [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:57 04.01.2002 -0500, you wrote: On 1/4/02 6:43 AM, Ceki Gülcü [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 06:03:43 -0800, Sam Ruby wrote: If some particular codebase under the Jakarta umbrella consistently chose to take

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Peter Donald
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:07, Ted Husted wrote: Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: For those of us (like me) that dont get it, can we do a quick review why deviation from the One True But Sometimes Really Ugly Coding Standard as defined by Sun Microsystems is such a threat to the ongoing health of

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Peter Donald
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:04, Ceki Gülcü wrote: 1) Elect a PMC with real power, power to intervene and take painful decisions, until the next elections. -1 power would be abused and misused. If power is what you want you are not going to get it by donning a skippy badge but earning it through

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ted Husted
Peter Donald wrote: Thats nice for some codebases but not appropriate for all. For instance the Ant codebase has got to have at least 10-15 different styles (probably way way way more) because 70% of code is not written by the committers but by members of community who have their own

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 08:01 04.01.2002 -0500, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: The debate about code conventions is just an excuse to ask the following question, and it is a question: Do we want to instate rules for the good of the larger community? I think yes, but the prepositional phrase for the good of the

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 00:55 05.01.2002 +1100, you wrote: On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:04, Ceki Gülcü wrote: 1) Elect a PMC with real power, power to intervene and take painful decisions, until the next elections. -1 power would be abused and misused. If power is what you want you are not going to get it by donning a

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 00:57 05.01.2002 +1100, you wrote: On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:23, Ceki Gülcü wrote: The threat is to Jakarta's *nature* and it comes from our indecisiveness. Real problems I see is 1) lack of focus, Dont see this as a problem. Each project is usually focused on its dowmain and the overall

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Danny Angus
Aside : does Sun use deviation from coding standards as an actionable HR issue? ;) On your resume, I see that you were terminated for cause at Sun? Yes, I created too many classes with the opening brace on a separate line... I don't know about sun, but we would certainly warn employees

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Danny Angus
Ceci wrote: The inability of the PMC to take initiative stems from the Apache voting process snip The current system snip is inappropriate for managing large projects like Jakarta. snip I agree with this, I've only been a commiter since the end of last summer, and have been surprised

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 10:32 04.01.2002 -0500, you wrote: For reasons that are unknown to me, none of the e-mail that I have sent over the last few days has made it out to the mailing lists. For all I know, at some point in the distant future, it will all be unleashed and make little sense out of context. :-(

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Gerhard Froehlich
Hi, skip/ Any democratic system is imperfect and hence flawed. Hitler was elected democratically although he soon moved to dismantle the system that brought him to power. D'oh, that damn Godwin's Law! Nein ;), Hitler and his NSDAP gets only ~30%. He became Reichskanzler because the other so

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
Gerhard, Is it fair and accurate to say that he came to power within the bounds and rules of a democratic system? At 17:58 04.01.2002 +0100, you wrote: Hi, skip/ Any democratic system is imperfect and hence flawed. Hitler was elected democratically although he soon moved to dismantle the

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Paulo Gaspar
In the process Hitler and his gang played a surprisingly high number of dirty tricks. Surprising at least for a non German, since we only get an overview of the WW2 history. Since I work in Germany I have the benefit of the many documentaries about the Nazi era played on TV (history is not

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Paulo Gaspar
I am sure Gerhard can give a better answer, but IMHO he abused a lot the system. The truth is that it can happen anywhere if people are not very alert and ready to fight for their rights. It could even happen in the USA and it is quite dangerous to think otherwise (because then you are not

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Gerhard Froehlich
Hi, Gerhard, Is it fair and accurate to say that he came to power within the bounds and rules of a democratic system? Yes and it should remind us, that the democratic system is very imperfect! Even in the USA. A powerful President with deep influence can slowly become more and more powerful

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-04 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Peter Donald wrote: So I +1 on suggesting standards for external parts of project, -1 for forcing it uh, I jumped in the middle of a where to place the curly brace code format pissing contest, how cool. For those of you who weren't around, we had the first resolution of this (what later

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Donald
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 00:24, Sam Ruby wrote: Let's all take a moment to review: http://www.godwinslaw.com/ If some particular codebase under the Jakarta umbrella consistently chose to take actions which were inconsistent with the Apache mission, then I'm confident that the PMC would

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Donald
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 00:34, Conor MacNeill wrote: Ted Husted wrote: Peter, I hope you and yours are well. The Australian Black Christmas is all over the morning news here. The smoke is pretty thick here right now even in the city suburbs. Having all your windows shut up when the outside

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-02 Thread Peter Donald
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:58, Ceki Gulcu wrote: At 07:39 02.01.2002 +1100, Peter Donald wrote: Hi, This is not something that should have been brought up on the PMC list - it should be discussed on general. Peter I do not need your permission to bring up a subject on the PMC list. Its not

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-02 Thread Ceki Gulcu
At 19:23 02.01.2002 +1100, you wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:58, Ceki Gulcu wrote: At 07:39 02.01.2002 +1100, Peter Donald wrote: Hi, This is not something that should have been brought up on the PMC list - it should be discussed on general. Peter I do not need your permission to bring up

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-02 Thread Ted Husted
Guys, Let's just clarify that any proposals, even proposals to make proposals, should go to General. The private PMC business should be reserved for extremely sensitive matters, usually involving site security. If we mis-post something to a private list, we should give the original poster a

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-02 Thread Conor MacNeill
Ted Husted wrote: Peter, I hope you and yours are well. The Australian Black Christmas is all over the morning news here. The smoke is pretty thick here right now even in the city suburbs. Having all your windows shut up when the outside temperature is in the mid thirties isn't fun.

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-02 Thread Sam Ruby
Let's all take a moment to review: http://www.godwinslaw.com/ If some particular codebase under the Jakarta umbrella consistently chose to take actions which were inconsistent with the Apache mission, then I'm confident that the PMC would swiftly act to disolve this code base. I am not

Re: Code conventions

2002-01-01 Thread Ceki Gulcu
At 07:39 02.01.2002 +1100, Peter Donald wrote: Hi, This is not something that should have been brought up on the PMC list - it should be discussed on general. Peter I do not need your permission to bring up a subject on the PMC list. It was uncourteous of you to forward my message to the