On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 05:32:41PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Stewart Stremler wrote: > > >Rewriting logic, yes. Fixing up formatting, variable names, adding > >comments (function, file, and module-level).... ought not introduce > >any bugs -- far less, at least, submitting a patch to add functionality. > > > >But you're quite correct that "rewriting" is often a quick way to add > >bugs. Been there, seen that, glad I wasn't involved. > > Sorry, I don't buy it. Simply rearranging indentation often introduces > bugs. >
Run, do not walk, from any language in which "Simply rearranging indentation often introduces bugs." Of course, we're assuming that the reformatter knows and understands the language syntax (a perl programmer let loose in tcl/tk can do a lot of ignorant damage). -- Lan Barnes Linux Guy, SCM Specialist Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
