-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/14/2011 2:55 AM, Robert Collins wrote: > Currently we get two (IMO) distinct benefits from running linters: > * we find out about functional issues: > - repeated definitions > - unsafe constructs > * We find out about cosmetic issues: > - whitespace > - indentation > > I think we get great value from the former, and limited if any value > from the second. > > So, I'd like to propose we do something other projects do: restrict > lint to reporting on functional issues, and use an idempotent pretty > printer to reformat our code automatically. > > We would add a post-commit hook in pqm that would reformat the changed > files using the pretty printer, and we'd no longer need to spend any > time thinking or worrying about formatting. >
As a very small nit-pick, do you mean 'post-commit' or 'pre-commit'? I'm assuming the latter. John =:-> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk33X3wACgkQJdeBCYSNAAMxMQCcDflojZffalBjwpvkrK0u75/8 8SsAoNdyXZDBpEHqOd1VZWiH/8Qk1iMM =64d3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
