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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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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.

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