From: Jürgen Hestermann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 26 May 2010 06:07
>> waldo kitty schrieb: >> two spaces indention for each new section, not one or more than >> 2 and most definitely not tabs... > >I find 3 spaces much more readable. > >> for example: >> begin >> if foo then >> begin >> bar := foo; >> foo := not foo; >> end; >> if bar then >> begin >> foo := bar; >> bar := not bar; >> end; >> end. > >But why have an indentation after BEGIN? There is no new block to start after >BEGIN. I would >indent like this: > >begin >if foo then > begin > bar := foo; > foo := not foo; > end; >if bar then > begin > foo := bar; > bar := not bar; > end; >end. > >You immediately see that there are two IF statements within the program block. >If you indent >after BEGIN too, then this is not so obvious (to me). > >Ok, in the end it may be all a matter of what you are used to. > >> similar for var, const, and type declarations, too... always two spaces... > >Agree. > I've worked in a number of places which have different styles, my personal pref is with waldo kitty. Whilst I see where you are coming from in your indentation, if you indent as waldo suggests certain bugs or compilation issues can be more immediately apparent - do the begins & end match up? It's difficult to see when they are at the same level as the rest of the code. Some places I've been like the begins to be inline with a conditional/loop declaration/etc, but I've never liked that. With one (large multinational) Their chosen style for if/elseif/else was: if x then begin code end else if y then begin code end else begin code end; Which I found to be as helpful as a ice teapot, as scanning down you see one if with three ends and no context for what was happening in between.. Anyway, having seen the screenshot that Vladimir put up, I quite like it (not using a terribly uptodate version at the mo, whilst some pascal dev is on hiatus). I would opt for it being on (I know it's a quiet voice in a sea of no!), and bold wouldn't be a bad idea, or just another distinctive colour. :shrug: Duncan -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
