Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-26 Thread James Stevenson
> >> Then there is reasability. >> >> void ThisIsMyDumbassFunctionName >> so how many times have you typed something like ThisIsMyDumbAssFunctionName instead of ThisIsMyDumbassFunctionName >> if MUCH more difficult to read than >> >> void this_is_my_clear_and_easy_function_name > >I can

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-26 Thread James Stevenson
Then there is reasability. void ThisIsMyDumbassFunctionName so how many times have you typed something like ThisIsMyDumbAssFunctionName instead of ThisIsMyDumbassFunctionName if MUCH more difficult to read than void this_is_my_clear_and_easy_function_name I can certainly read

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-25 Thread Harald Arnesen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kai Henningsen) writes: > > void ThisIsMyDumbassFunctionName > > > > if MUCH more difficult to read than > > > > void this_is_my_clear_and_easy_function_name > > I can certainly read the first easier than the second. So I assume you don't approve of the new German

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-25 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Harrold) wrote on 23.01.01 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like comments, they > > help to make code so much easier to read. > > > > One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' > > over

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-25 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Underwood) wrote on 24.01.01 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Unfortunately the C standards people don't seem to realise there are > languages other than English. C99 had perfect timing to introduce UTF8 > Unicode as acceptable in C source. Alas they missed the boat. I have >

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-25 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Kodis) wrote on 23.01.01 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:41:49AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: > > > One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' > > over 'SomeFunctionName()'? > >

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-25 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Harrold) wrote on 23.01.01 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like comments, they help to make code so much easier to read. One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' over

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-25 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Underwood) wrote on 24.01.01 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Unfortunately the C standards people don't seem to realise there are languages other than English. C99 had perfect timing to introduce UTF8 Unicode as acceptable in C source. Alas they missed the boat. I have been

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-25 Thread Harald Arnesen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kai Henningsen) writes: void ThisIsMyDumbassFunctionName if MUCH more difficult to read than void this_is_my_clear_and_easy_function_name I can certainly read the first easier than the second. So I assume you don't approve of the new German spelling standard,

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
Apologies first... Would someone send me a way to filter mail? I REALLY DO NOT GIVE A RATS ARSE ABOUT THIS OT!! Like it or Leave it but whinning about it SUX! Regard, Cheif Whinner! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Brent Rowland
> Too bad we can't just do a "Prince" and invent unpronouncable symbols to > use as function names... or perhaps just use something from the chinese > fonts ;o)... Sorry. You'll need to use Java if you want to use Unicode source. Brent - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Steve Underwood
Unfortunately the C standards people don't seem to realise there are languages other than English. C99 had perfect timing to introduce UTF8 Unicode as acceptable in C source. Alas they missed the boat. I have been embedding Chinese in C source for years (mostly Big-5 - UTF8 is more likely to be

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 10:47 AM 1/23/01 -0600, Jesse Pollard wrote: >Code is written by the few. >Code is read by the many, and having _ in there makes it MUCH easier to >read. Visual comparison of "SomeFunctionName" and "some_function_name" >is faster even for a coder where there may be a typo (try dropping a

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Jonathan Earle
That's just nasty! Funny, but nasty. :) Jon > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Satchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > It took a while to prepare the source for this jerk. Here is > what I did to > the source I gave the guy: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread James Kelly
I am not sure about Linux IDEs, but when I programmed Objective-C using the OpenStep IDE, you could not only do auto-completion on those, but on any word that had been previously used. That was cool, and didn't cause wacky problems like you might think it would (auto-completing words like

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Georg Nikodym
> "CF" == Christopher Friesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CF> This is why the autocompletion of functions and struct members in CF> VC++ is awfully nice...hit the first few unique letters and it CF> will complete the rest of the function for you, then hit tab and CF> keep going. Is

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Alan Olsen
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Helge Hafting wrote: > Stephen Satchell wrote: > > [lots of good advice deleted] > > One goal of language designers is to REMOVE the need for comments. With a > > good fourth-generation or fifth-generation language, the need for comments > > diminishes to a detailed

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Christopher Friesen") writes: > Georg Nikodym wrote: > > > I think that the distinction is moot and this argument a waste of > > time. If you are anything more than a code tourist, you should have > > no trouble dealing with mnemonic names. So the above can become: > > >

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Christopher Friesen
Georg Nikodym wrote: > I think that the distinction is moot and this argument a waste of > time. If you are anything more than a code tourist, you should have > no trouble dealing with mnemonic names. So the above can become: > > /* > * timcaefn == this is my clear and easy function name >

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 08:28 PM 1/23/01 +0800, Steve Underwood wrote: >During a period of making a liveing out of >sorting out severly screwed up projects I made a little comment >stripper. I found comments so unreliable, and so seldom useful, I was >better off reading the code without the confusion they might

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread John Kodis
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:41:49AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: > One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' > over 'SomeFunctionName()'? i_would_assume_that_it_is_because_the_underscore_serves_the_same_word- seperation_role_that_a_space_does_in_normal_prose.

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Jesse Pollard
"Jonathan Earle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like comments, they help > to make code so much easier to read. > > One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' > over 'SomeFunctionName()'? I personally don't like the

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Joe deBlaquiere
TECTED]] >> >> Some people still seem to be living in the age of K C, with 6 or 7 >> character variable names that demand some explanation. Maybe some day >> they will awake to the expressive power of long (and well chosen) names. >> >> --_=_NextPart_001_01C0

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Georg Nikodym
> "MH" == Mike Harrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MH> For exactly the reverse of that reason. Typing capital letters is MH> a heck of a lot more difficult that addint an underscore. MH> Then there is reasability. MH> void ThisIsMyDumbassFunctionName MH> if MUCH more difficult to

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Nicolas Noble
> a = b + c; /* add a to b, and store it as c */ I think *this* comment is very fun, since it make me asking myself if I really know the C language :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Mike Harrold
K C, with 6 or 7 > character variable names that demand some explanation. Maybe some day > they will awake to the expressive power of long (and well chosen) names. > > --_=_NextPart_001_01C08552.FFC336D0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="ISO-8859-1" > C

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Larry McVoy
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:41:49AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: > I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like comments, they help > to make code so much easier to read. > > One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' > over 'SomeFunctionName()'? I

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Jonathan Earle
Title: RE: [OT?] Coding Style I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like comments, they help to make code so much easier to read. One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' over 'SomeFunctionName()'?  I personally don't like the underscore

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Andrew Morton
Larry McVoy wrote: > > Please don't listen to this. The only place you really want comments is > > a) at the top of files, describing the point of the file; > b) at the top of functions, if the purpose of the function is not obvious; > c) in line, when the code is not obvious. One

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Steve Underwood
Larry McVoy wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > > From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > So, every good programmer > > > should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to > > > put comments

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Helge Hafting
Stephen Satchell wrote: [lots of good advice deleted] > One goal of language designers is to REMOVE the need for comments. With a > good fourth-generation or fifth-generation language, the need for comments > diminishes to a detailed description of the data sets and any highly > unusual

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Helge Hafting
Stephen Satchell wrote: [lots of good advice deleted] One goal of language designers is to REMOVE the need for comments. With a good fourth-generation or fifth-generation language, the need for comments diminishes to a detailed description of the data sets and any highly unusual operations

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Steve Underwood
Larry McVoy wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: -Original Message- From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] So, every good programmer should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to put comments to explain what

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Andrew Morton
Larry McVoy wrote: Please don't listen to this. The only place you really want comments is a) at the top of files, describing the point of the file; b) at the top of functions, if the purpose of the function is not obvious; c) in line, when the code is not obvious. One other

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Jonathan Earle
Title: RE: [OT?] Coding Style I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like comments, they help to make code so much easier to read. One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' over 'SomeFunctionName()'? I personally don't like the underscore character

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Larry McVoy
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:41:49AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like comments, they help to make code so much easier to read. One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' over 'SomeFunctionName()'? I personally

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Mike Harrold
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_001_01C08552.FFC336D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Nicolas Noble
a = b + c; /* add a to b, and store it as c */ I think *this* comment is very fun, since it make me asking myself if I really know the C language :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Georg Nikodym
"MH" == Mike Harrold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: MH For exactly the reverse of that reason. Typing capital letters is MH a heck of a lot more difficult that addint an underscore. MH Then there is reasability. MH void ThisIsMyDumbassFunctionName MH if MUCH more difficult to read than MH

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Joe deBlaquiere
Too bad we can't just do a "Prince" and invent unpronouncable symbols to use as function names... or perhaps just use something from the chinese fonts ;o)... Mike Harrold wrote: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Jesse Pollard
"Jonathan Earle" [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I prefer descriptive variable and function names - like comments, they help to make code so much easier to read. One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' over 'SomeFunctionName()'? I personally don't like the underscore

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread John Kodis
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:41:49AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: One thing I wonder though... why do people prefer 'some_function_name()' over 'SomeFunctionName()'? i_would_assume_that_it_is_because_the_underscore_serves_the_same_word- seperation_role_that_a_space_does_in_normal_prose.

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 08:28 PM 1/23/01 +0800, Steve Underwood wrote: During a period of making a liveing out of sorting out severly screwed up projects I made a little comment stripper. I found comments so unreliable, and so seldom useful, I was better off reading the code without the confusion they might cause. I

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Christopher Friesen
Georg Nikodym wrote: I think that the distinction is moot and this argument a waste of time. If you are anything more than a code tourist, you should have no trouble dealing with mnemonic names. So the above can become: /* * timcaefn == this is my clear and easy function name */

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Christopher Friesen") writes: Georg Nikodym wrote: I think that the distinction is moot and this argument a waste of time. If you are anything more than a code tourist, you should have no trouble dealing with mnemonic names. So the above can become: /* *

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Alan Olsen
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Helge Hafting wrote: Stephen Satchell wrote: [lots of good advice deleted] One goal of language designers is to REMOVE the need for comments. With a good fourth-generation or fifth-generation language, the need for comments diminishes to a detailed description of

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Georg Nikodym
"CF" == Christopher Friesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: CF This is why the autocompletion of functions and struct members in CF VC++ is awfully nice...hit the first few unique letters and it CF will complete the rest of the function for you, then hit tab and CF keep going. Is there anything

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread James Kelly
I am not sure about Linux IDEs, but when I programmed Objective-C using the OpenStep IDE, you could not only do auto-completion on those, but on any word that had been previously used. That was cool, and didn't cause wacky problems like you might think it would (auto-completing words like

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Jonathan Earle
That's just nasty! Funny, but nasty. :) Jon -Original Message- From: Stephen Satchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] It took a while to prepare the source for this jerk. Here is what I did to the source I gave the guy: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Steve Underwood
Unfortunately the C standards people don't seem to realise there are languages other than English. C99 had perfect timing to introduce UTF8 Unicode as acceptable in C source. Alas they missed the boat. I have been embedding Chinese in C source for years (mostly Big-5 - UTF8 is more likely to be

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Brent Rowland
Too bad we can't just do a "Prince" and invent unpronouncable symbols to use as function names... or perhaps just use something from the chinese fonts ;o)... Sorry. You'll need to use Java if you want to use Unicode source. Brent - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 11:56 PM 1/22/01 +, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: >At 16:42 22/01/2001, Mark I Manning IV wrote: >>Stephen Satchell wrote: >> > I got in the habit of using >> > structures to minimize the number of symbols I exposed. It also >> > disambiguates

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Werner Almesberger
Admin Mailing Lists wrote: >hand-holding of that magnitude. We don't write code for idiots. But if you have to, you can at least enjoy it: - diversity makes life interesting: use switch() with local variables or without curly braces - de-referencing is like a hotel: the more stars, the

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Larry McVoy
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:56:40PM +, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > At 16:42 22/01/2001, Mark I Manning IV wrote: > >Stephen Satchell wrote: > > > I got in the habit of using > > > structures to minimize the number of symbols I exposed. It also > >

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 16:42 22/01/2001, Mark I Manning IV wrote: >Stephen Satchell wrote: > > I got in the habit of using > > structures to minimize the number of symbols I exposed. It also > > disambiguates local variables and parameters from file- and program-global >

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Admin Mailing Lists
> > Please don't listen to this. The only place you really want comments is > > a) at the top of files, describing the point of the file; > b) at the top of functions, if the purpose of the function is not obvious; > c) in line, when the code is not obvious. > > If you are writing

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Mark I Manning IV
Stephen Satchell wrote: > > One goal of language designers is to REMOVE the need for comments. With a this is a crock of (deleted). You are chaising rainbows dood, you will NEVER remove teh need for comments but its obvious you remove teh comments. > good fourth-generation or

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 11:04 AM 1/22/01 -0500, you wrote: >WRONG!!! > >Not documenting your code is not a sign of good coding, but rather shows >arrogance, laziness and contempt for "those who would dare tamper with your >code after you've written it". Document and comment your code thoroughly. >Do it as you go

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > > From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > So, every good programmer > > > should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Jonathan Earle
> -Original Message- > From: Larry McVoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > > From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > So, every good programmer > > > should know where to

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: > WRONG!!! > > Not documenting your code is not a sign of good coding, but rather shows > arrogance, laziness and contempt for "those who would dare tamper with your > code after you've written it". Document and comment your code

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Larry McVoy
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > So, every good programmer > > should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to > > put comments to > > explain what code does. One

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Mike Harrold
> > > -Original Message- > > From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > So, every good programmer > > should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to > > put comments to > > explain what code does. One should see this as stated in the > > CodingStyle doc. > >

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Jonathan Earle
> -Original Message- > From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > So, every good programmer > should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to > put comments to > explain what code does. One should see this as stated in the > CodingStyle doc. > Ok, there are points

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Jonathan Earle
-Original Message- From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] So, every good programmer should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to put comments to explain what code does. One should see this as stated in the CodingStyle doc. Ok, there are points where a

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Mike Harrold
-Original Message- From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] So, every good programmer should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to put comments to explain what code does. One should see this as stated in the CodingStyle doc. Ok, there are points

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Larry McVoy
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: -Original Message- From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] So, every good programmer should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to put comments to explain what code does. One should see

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: WRONG!!! Not documenting your code is not a sign of good coding, but rather shows arrogance, laziness and contempt for "those who would dare tamper with your code after you've written it". Document and comment your code

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Jonathan Earle
-Original Message- From: Larry McVoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: -Original Message- From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] So, every good programmer should know where to put comments. And

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Larry McVoy wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:04:50AM -0500, Jonathan Earle wrote: -Original Message- From: profmakx.fmp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] So, every good programmer should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to put comments

RE: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 11:04 AM 1/22/01 -0500, you wrote: WRONG!!! Not documenting your code is not a sign of good coding, but rather shows arrogance, laziness and contempt for "those who would dare tamper with your code after you've written it". Document and comment your code thoroughly. Do it as you go along. I

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Mark I Manning IV
Stephen Satchell wrote: One goal of language designers is to REMOVE the need for comments. With a this is a crock of (deleted). You are chaising rainbows dood, you will NEVER remove teh need for comments but its obvious you remove teh comments. good fourth-generation or fifth-generation

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Admin Mailing Lists
Please don't listen to this. The only place you really want comments is a) at the top of files, describing the point of the file; b) at the top of functions, if the purpose of the function is not obvious; c) in line, when the code is not obvious. If you are writing code

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Larry McVoy
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:56:40PM +, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: At 16:42 22/01/2001, Mark I Manning IV wrote: Stephen Satchell wrote: I got in the habit of using structures to minimize the number of symbols I exposed. It also

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Werner Almesberger
Admin Mailing Lists wrote: hand-holding of that magnitude. We don't write code for idiots. But if you have to, you can at least enjoy it: - diversity makes life interesting: use switch() with local variables or without curly braces - de-referencing is like a hotel: the more stars, the

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 11:56 PM 1/22/01 +, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: At 16:42 22/01/2001, Mark I Manning IV wrote: Stephen Satchell wrote: I got in the habit of using structures to minimize the number of symbols I exposed. It also disambiguates local variables

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-21 Thread Admin Mailing Lists
well, i watched monty python and the holy grail once (had to find out what everyone was all excited about) couldn't get into it, watched maybe 1/2 of it. -Tony .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. Anthony J. Biacco Network

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-21 Thread Mo McKinlay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Today, Admin Mailing Lists ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > And the lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou write thy holy code. Indenting > > shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the spaces thou > > shalt count, and the

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-21 Thread Mo McKinlay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Today, Admin Mailing Lists ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: And the lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou write thy holy code. Indenting shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the spaces thou shalt count, and the number

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-21 Thread Admin Mailing Lists
well, i watched monty python and the holy grail once (had to find out what everyone was all excited about) couldn't get into it, watched maybe 1/2 of it. -Tony .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. Anthony J. Biacco Network

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Alan Olsen
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Admin Mailing Lists wrote: > > And the lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou write thy holy code. Indenting > > shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the spaces thou > > shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou > >

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Josh Myer
We would never parody Monty Python! This is an excerpt from Judas, one of the gospels that was in dispute. I'm sorry, I must go, as there's a man in a military uniform here, shouting at me to stop being silly... -josh On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:58:07 Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jan 2001,

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Admin Mailing Lists wrote: >> And the lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou write thy holy code. Indenting >> shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the spaces thou >> shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou >> not

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Admin Mailing Lists
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Ragnar Hojland Espinosa wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 05:19:17PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just wanted to say that Linus´ CodingStyle is the ONLY SANE style of > > writing code in bigger projects. At university we are forced to use exactly the > > And the

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 05:19:17PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just wanted to say that Linus´ CodingStyle is the ONLY SANE style of > writing code in bigger projects. At university we are forced to use exactly the And the lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou write thy holy code.

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread profmakx.fmp
Hi I just wanted to say that Linus´ CodingStyle is the ONLY SANE style of writing code in bigger projects. At university we are forced to use exactly the braindamaged settings and styles that linux condemns. So, every good programmer should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread profmakx.fmp
Hi I just wanted to say that Linus CodingStyle is the ONLY SANE style of writing code in bigger projects. At university we are forced to use exactly the braindamaged settings and styles that linux condemns. So, every good programmer should know where to put comments. And it is unnecessary to put

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 05:19:17PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just wanted to say that Linus CodingStyle is the ONLY SANE style of writing code in bigger projects. At university we are forced to use exactly the And the lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou write thy holy code. Indenting

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Admin Mailing Lists
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Ragnar Hojland Espinosa wrote: On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 05:19:17PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just wanted to say that Linus´ CodingStyle is the ONLY SANE style of writing code in bigger projects. At university we are forced to use exactly the And the lord

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Admin Mailing Lists wrote: And the lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou write thy holy code. Indenting shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the spaces thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count,

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Josh Myer
We would never parody Monty Python! This is an excerpt from Judas, one of the gospels that was in dispute. I'm sorry, I must go, as there's a man in a military uniform here, shouting at me to stop being silly... -josh On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:58:07 Mike A. Harris wrote: On Sun, 21 Jan 2001,

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-20 Thread Alan Olsen
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Admin Mailing Lists wrote: And the lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou write thy holy code. Indenting shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the spaces thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not