Hi!
I've been wondering whether there is some
coding style guideline for writing gnu smalltalk
code. It's mainly because I constantly wonder how
to indent. Especially with the new syntax.
This is an example, how would you indent it and the []?
[
[
socket isNil
ifTrue: [
[
| conn |
trycnt := trycnt + 1.
socket := self connect.
trycnt := 0.
conn := self makeConnection: socket.
conn connect.
conn loop
] on: Error do: [:ex |
socket := nil.
PLog
logInfo: 'connection lost to ', host, ':',
port printString, ' because:',
ex description,', ', ex messageText.
Smalltalk backtrace.
ex return
].
socket := nil.
self delay: trycnt
]
] repeat
] fork
Some people on IRC told me a more lisp-ish style would be more
appropriate, 'no dangling brackets':
[[socket isNil
ifTrue:
[
[| conn |
trycnt := trycnt + 1.
socket := self connect.
trycnt := 0.
conn := self makeConnection: socket.
conn connect.
conn loop]
on: Error
do: [:ex |
socket := nil.
PLog
logInfo: 'connection lost to ' , host , ':'
, port printString
, ' because:' , ex description
, ', ' , ex messageText.
Smalltalk backtrace.
ex return].
socket := nil.
self delay: trycnt] ] repeat ] fork
This is of course more compact, but I consider the first example more
readable. Of course in the end it's a matter of taste. But what style
do you recommend?
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