On 27 October 2009 Jesse Wilson wrote: > Harmony Team, > > Some of the Java code in Harmony suffers from being written in a non-Java > style. In particular, our Java code often attempts to limit the number of > exit points from a method. This approach is common in C/C++ programs > because of the need to manually collect garbage.
I don't think anyone who writes C/C++ cares about it. Usually such style is a result of changes upon changes on some code with intention to make minimal changes to it. > In patches I'll be submitting, I'll use the second form, which is idiomatic > Java. I may also submit patches that convert the first style to the second, > but usually only when there's other useful cleanup to accompany it. If > you'd rather I not, please let me know and we'll arm-wrestle. If it works, don't fix it. -- Gregory
