Your concern is valid. The diff's thing just doesn't bother me much. But if ya'll are in agreement, then we can just use Sun's standard.
I suppose I'll start the vote. Use Sun's standard for code format (this is also Apache standard)? -1 for me. Use Tabs (not spaces) in code: BIG ol' +1 from me. Please, please please.... -Mike On 4 Jan 2003 at 21:15, Oliver Rossmueller wrote: > Mike Stover wrote: > > Re: code-style - I'm not a big fan of standards that insist on X number of spaces, > > braces have to be here and here, etc. I don't understand why that needs to be > > standard when, at the push of a button, my IDE makes the code look exactly the > > way I want it to look. If you don't have such an IDE, there are lots of >independent > > packages that do it, JRefactory being one of the most interesting (available at > > sourceforge). The only thing I'd like to see is the use of tabs, so no one has to >do > > anything special to get their spacing right. > > > > That, however, just points out the real problem - having coding standards doesn't > > automatically make things easier for everyone. It makes things a pain for those > > who "lose" the debate, and easier for those who win. I'd rather see everyone win. > > > Get yourself a simple code formatter, and use it on files you edit, if you like. > > There is no problem to get the sources formatted the way you like it, > everybody has an IDE or tool to do this. But the point is: if everybody > does formatting the way he/she likes it and commits these reformatted > sources to the cvs you will get lots of diffs not because of changes in > the implementation but because of reformatting and therefore it is hard > to see the changes that really matter. In the long run you save a lot of > time by having a styleguide. Of course this requires some compromises, > but that's is the way team work goes. So if there is a styleguide we can > reuse from another jakarta project we should just do it. Otherwise we > have to find our own. > > Oliver > -- Michael Stover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM: mstover_ya ICQ: 152975688 AIM: mstover777 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
