Whether formatting rules are useful depends on the content. For config files, conventions help humans a lot.
For text markups, formatting conventions can be disastrous because the text is changed to include whitespace. Yes. Focus on semantics, but consistent formatting and layout helps (human) readers focus on the semantics. On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:59 AM, Mike Carey <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. (One could make the same argument against formatting guidelines > for any normal programming language as well. This is just about > readability/maintainability rules.) > > > On 10/16/15 1:34 AM, abdullah alamoudi wrote: > >> I believe this is about the format style of the xml files (i.e lines vs. >> tabs, indentation size, max line size, etc). I don't see any harm in >> fixing >> that and I think that is a good idea. >> >> Cheers, >> Abdullah. >> >> Amoudi, Abdullah. >> >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Jochen Wiedmann < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> With XML, I *very strongly* discourage any formatting guidelines, aka >>> syntax rules. XML is about semantics. Syntax is something you'll >>> sooner or later end up struggling against. >>> >>> Jochen >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Eldon Carman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I found this e-mail about formatting XML [1] in our old google group >>>> mailing list. Do we want to use these formatting guidelines for our >>>> project? If so, should we add this to our directions for setting up >>>> eclipse. :-) >>>> >>>> Mahalo, >>>> Preston >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/asterixdb-dev/GtaQ4W7fYGQ/uskBBFN3vYoJ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The next time you hear: "Don't reinvent the wheel!" >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/evolution-of-the-wheel-300x85.jpg >>> >>> >
