Re: [PATCHES] Coding standards

2008-04-20 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > The developer's FAQ is supposed to contain this kind of thing, but I > think it's rather thin on actual details.  (Some time ago it was > proposed to create a "style guide", but people here thought it was a > waste of time and "it will not cover what's really important", so

Re: [PATCHES] Coding standards

2008-04-18 Thread Chris Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bryce Nesbitt) writes: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> People [are] complaining here that we don't teach people here anyway, so >> hopefully my comments were still useful :-) >> > Yes they are useful. As a new patcher, where should I look for coding > standards? How about a little F

Re: [PATCHES] Coding standards

2008-04-18 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> People [are] complaining here that we don't teach people here anyway, so >> hopefully my comments were still useful :-) >> > Yes they are useful. As a new patcher, where should I look for coding > standards? How about a little FAQ at the > top

Re: [PATCHES] Coding standards

2008-04-18 Thread Magnus Hagander
Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > People [are] complaining here that we don't teach people here > > anyway, so hopefully my comments were still useful :-) > > > Yes they are useful. As a new patcher, where should I look for > coding standards? How about a little FAQ at the > top

[PATCHES] Coding standards

2008-04-17 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Alvaro Herrera wrote: People [are] complaining here that we don't teach people here anyway, so hopefully my comments were still useful :-) Yes they are useful. As a new patcher, where should I look for coding standards? How about a little FAQ at the top of the CVS source tree? Though, dar