On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Christian Grobmeier
<[email protected]>wrote:

> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jacob Kjome <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Also, how about some standard code formatting, either for
> Intellij/Eclipse
> > or a build component that we can run to reformat prior to checkin?  For
> > instance, trimming line endings and using standard braces makes diffs
> easier
> > to read, as only relevant changes show up.  We'd probably want to
> reformat
> > the whole source tree once with formatting-only changes so that real
> changes
> > are easily distinguishable moving forward.
> >
> > Of course the challenge is settling on a code formatting style that
> everyone
> > agrees upon and that is readily available to use by everyone, including
> > non-committers and those using various IDEs.
>
> +1 on everything you said.
>
> The only drawback is if one wants to look into svn history. Then it is
> a bit problematic to match the old code against the new formatting.
> But I consider this a low risk, the benefits of a good formatting are
> worth much.
>
> To ensure a proper style one could use Checkstyle.
>

OK, sounds good. How about I start with using the same checkstyle as for
v2.0? I have that set up in my local sandbox and it does give a long list,
so that's a start before an IDE-level format operation.

(Ralph?) What IDE and settings where used to format v2.0? Why not share
that in SVN? For example in ide/format/eclipse/3.7

Gary


>
>
> >
> > Jake
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:26:24 -0400
> >  Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All:
> >>
> >> As I am navigating the 1.x source, I see a lot of odd formatting because
> >> sometimes spaces are used and sometimes tabs are used, even within the
> >> same
> >> method.
> >>
> >> I propose we fix that. Thoughts?
> >>
> >> If we fix it, what should the conversion from tabs to spaces be? 4 OK?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Gary
> >>
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