On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Ulrik Mikaelsson<[email protected]> wrote: > I just remembered another tiny benefit of allowing this. Being a VCS-fascist, > I really strive towards patches that are as readable as possible. > >> * Makes the code slightly more readable, since the "exceptional" >> code-paths are clearly separated >> * Biases me as a programmer to think a little bit more of exactly what >> exceptions can be raised in a function, improving my code-quality. >> * When I'm about to write a try-clause, makes me think twice if the code >> could not be extracted as a separate method instead (if I can only figure a >> good name for it), also improving readability and code-structure. > + * Patches adding exception-handling will not change indentation of a > potentially very large method, making it slightly easier to read. >
Not to deflate you, but most respectable source diff tools I've seen have an option to ignore whitespace/indentation changes :\
