On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:17:20 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Tuesday 28 February 2006 15:52, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > Yes, it's an utterly trivial problem, but it is a QA violation. | > Getting a complete list is something that takes a heck of a lot | > longer, and I have yet to be convinced that my time would not be | > better spent elsewhere. | | Where is a coding style problem related to quality of code in general | and assurance in particular?
It's more relevant than you might think. Screwing up layout like that breaks various QA checking tools that assume that things are in the standard format. | QA is about things being proper, not looking proper. Proper coding style is part of being proper. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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