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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>,
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r190098 - in head/sys/sparc64: fhc sparc64
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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.

Tim