On 4 August 2015 at 12:56, Christopher Shannon <[email protected]> wrote: > So in general I'm not too picky with coding styles but I just started > looking at the Artemis project a few days ago and something that stood out > to me right away was the use of opening curly braces on a new line. > > Virtually ever Java code base I've seen is written in the style using the > opening brace on the same line. (See > http://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html#s4.1.2-blocks-k-r-style) > I think that in general it would be a good idea to match up to a style > that most Java developers are used to working with if we want to get more > of the community involved. > > I was wondering if anyone would have an issue with changing the style or > what people's thoughts are about this potential change?
Making all of the code more consistent seems like a good idea to aid approachability, so it seems like a good idea to me. I do work on codebases that use a newline for the braces, but most new stuff I write has them on the same line. I've tended to prefer them being on the new line in the past as I think its slightly easier to read overall, but its defintiely quite verbose at times. I am coming to like the same line approach the more I use it though, and it does seem to be the norm. Robbie
