Your code actually showed up misaligned, because I viewed it using a proportional font.
Regardless of my formatting, though, the point I made stands; we should not be altering our code to fit with version control tools, we should be altering the version control tools. As massively important as version control is, it doesn't beat readability. On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Ricky Clarkson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'd say that calls for smarter conflict detection, rather than >> breaking >> up >> code >> to >> make >> conflicts >> less >> likely > > I fail to see how showing that breaking something like a sentence into > absurd pieces proves anything regarding something that is already > fairly structured and separate. > > I mean, is: > > public void Foo(int x, > int y > String z) { > ... > } > > truly that unreadable? Especially when the developer is going to be > scanning for the parameters individually anyway? What about when you > start throwing even more crap into those such as @Nullable? > Eventually, whitespace becomes a tool that helps a lot. Use it. > > (Also, I have contended many times that this is something that is > difficult to codify and I would not require it on all declarations.) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
