Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:51:16 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-chat-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why?? (prog question) Message-ID: <49D668B4.1090208@telenix.org> In-Reply-To: <44vdpo81sn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20090331025726.GA10888@thought.org> <20090331112122.ae329221.freebsd@edvax.de> <49D202F0.9010104@utoronto.ca> <20090331140845.a1ece3c0.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903311623210.19609@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <49D24EC8.7030507@gmail.com> <49D27D8B.2070607@telenix.org> <44y6uk1s7g.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <49D3CE33.8010004@telenix.org> <44vdpo81sn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> writes: > >> Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>> Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> writes: >>> >>>> The only real sin is not sticking to one style per project. >>> Or at *least* per file. >> Umm, no, per project. Folks are too pushed into errors when a project has 29 >> different styles. > > If you write all your code from scratch, you can do that. > I don't have experience with non-trivial projects that *don't* > include substantial amounts of third-party code. Reformatting > third-party code to fit your style is a mistake if you want to > ever take another drop of that code. > > When there's more than one style in a particular file, however, > somebody needs to be slapped with a dead fish. I recall, long while back, using CTree database code, but I never added to their source code files, never modified their files at all, so maybe I should have said "locally written" code, because you obviously can't control what your boss buys after 3 drinks. Or 5. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknWaLQACgkQz62J6PPcoOk56QCgkyce1IUhg3UfNSWvGDsJgHLj kSQAn34mnpmWu+w7NIOfMhcu58P6Qu8Y =Sje6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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