Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 20:22:41 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov Cc: coredump@nervosa.com, proff@suburbia.net, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Indentation styles Message-ID: <199605291822.UAA00765@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199605291542.IAA07698@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> from "Jason Thorpe" at May 29, 96 08:42:02 am
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Jason Thorpe wrote: > > On Wed, 29 May 1996 04:17:32 -0700 (PDT) > "Chris J. Layne" <coredump@nervosa.com> 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
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