From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 29 11:27:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA23317 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 29 May 1996 11:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eac.iafrica.com (slipper101131.iafrica.com [196.7.101.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA23312 for ; Wed, 29 May 1996 11:27:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by eac.iafrica.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA00765; Wed, 29 May 1996 20:22:42 +0200 From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199605291822.UAA00765@eac.iafrica.com> Subject: Re: Indentation styles To: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 20:22:41 +0200 (SAT) Cc: coredump@nervosa.com, proff@suburbia.net, chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605291542.IAA07698@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> from "Jason Thorpe" at May 29, 96 08:42:02 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jason Thorpe wrote: > > On Wed, 29 May 1996 04:17:32 -0700 (PDT) > "Chris J. Layne" wrote: > > > I would be against this sort of thing. Am the only one here who doesn't > > like their code being hammered into someone else's style? > > If companies have coding style standards, why shouldn't a free OS project > have the same? NetBSD, from time to time, makes KNF'ing runs through the > kernel. It's a Good Thing, in the long run, to have the code look > consistent. /usr/share/misc/style is your friend. (Moved to chat.) Companies have coding style standards largely because they pay people to put up with them. _Maybe_ a free OS project shouldn't have the same because it doesn't necessarily do to treat volunteers like the hired help. I agree standards are a Good Thing, but possibly FreeBSD should rather promote stylistic diversity in the virtual workplace. :) Mostly it should depend on how everyone feels.... -- Robert Nordier