Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:32:13 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, marius@alchemy.franken.de, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r190098 - in head/sys/sparc64: fhc sparc64 Message-ID: <49C6AE5D.9090208@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <49C68062.2000407@elischer.org> References: <49C4C974.5050209@gmx.de> <20090321130332.GD67783@alchemy.franken.de> <49C5737F.1050902@gmx.de> <20090321.175756.-434257642.imp@bsdimp.com> <49C5F88C.3070600@freebsd.org> <49C5FCCA.5010509@gmx.de> <49C68062.2000407@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > Christoph Mallon wrote: >> Andriy Gapon schrieb: > >> compliants about style (9) > > agreement and disagreement. > > basically almost every single committer who comes into the group > usually starts up by objecting to one part or another of the style > guide. ... The style guide IS open to change but not by any individual > contributer. Most of the things in there are there for a reason that > is non obvious. Sometimes they are arbitrary. The most important style question when contributing to *any* existing project is "does it match?" Consistency contributes far more to readability than any other style issue, especially on very large bodies of code. Timhome | help
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