2009/10/27 Gregory Shimansky <gshiman...@apache.org>: > 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. Right... old programmers truth...
Alexey
