Guillem Jover writes ("Re: Coding style and whitespace"):
> Personally I value consistency, readability and minimization of diff
> size. So I'd really like to unify the style to something ressembling
> the Linux CodingStyle. What do others think?I think you should leave it alone, except that: * In some of the code I foolishly used a longer maximum line length than 79. (There are reasons to use more - eg, tables, or the like - but the currently code overflows 80 too often.) * Some of the new code and changes made, over the years, haven't followed the existing style so there are bits where it's inconsistent. > The reason I've done that is because I find the current coding style > inconsistent and too packed, it cannot breath, variable and type names > massively abbreviated and missing underscores, missing blank lines > delimiting blocks, missing spaces between operators, missing spaces > after commas, multiple statements on the same line, two spaces for > indentation, etc. This makes the eyes to get tired soon. This is a matter of taste. Personally I find that pixels are expensive and I'd rather use them to convey information. Using a compact style allows more of the code to be on-screen at once, which IME greatly eases comprehension. I think it is rude to simply reformat someone else's code over a matter of taste and I will be offended if you do so. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
