> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:50:02 -0700
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: 8 space tabs, 80 column lines & small functions ever *bad* ?
>
> You'd think KISS principle would make people embrace the Linux coding
> style....
>
> (80 column lines & 8 space indents)
>
> Instead they cringe!
>
> Now *I* cringe when I hear about 2-3 space idents and 130 column lines.
>
> Anyone ever seen a case where lotsa little functions *wasn't* ideal and *very*
> nice? 8 space tabs/80 columns forces you to chop your problem into little
> bite
> sized functions!!! I love it!
>
80 column lines- sure, just don't get religious about it. If I turn in
something that has two or three lines in the 81-85 range, don't reject it due
to a magic number. If you do, you need serious help on your anal-ness.
8 space tabs? No thanks. Takes up way too much space- it ends up forcing you
to either break lines up to an annoying degree, or use shorter, possibly less
readable variable names. 2-3 works just fine and is no less readable.
Although I wouldn't reject a code review on it so long as it was a consistent
indent. Just don't expect me to write the same way.
Bite sized functions- there's a tradeoff there. Using lots of small functions
reduces the nesting, which is good for readability. It also makes it harder to
figure out what the code is actually doing, which is bad for maintainability.
If you have a lot of 1-2 line functions that are only called from one spot,
you're probably into the territory where smaller functions are making your code
worse. If you have them due to the above 80 columns/8 space tab rule in order
to get things to fit, there's no maybe- your code is now worse.
Gabe
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