From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 28 20:58:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20406 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:58:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20391 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:58:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA29280; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:28:47 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id PAA14993; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:28:38 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:28:38 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Julian Elischer Cc: Bruce Evans , chris@netmonger.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) Message-ID: <19990129152838.L8473@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199901290326.OAA22743@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Julian Elischer on Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 07:41:29PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thursday, 28 January 1999 at 19:41:29 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Bruce Evans wrote: >> style(9) is supposed to document KNF. It is not supposed to document >> best coding practices, julian's preferences or bde's preferences. > > KNF is not a static thing that cannot be changed. > KNF is in effect whatever is written in style(9). > > In case I hadn't made myself clear, I'm suggesting that we effectively > revise some aspects of FreeBSD's KNF. > > The resounding responce SO FAR (except for you) has been either > "I don't really care about those changes" or "YES please!" I don't think they're a good idea. Sure, I don't like style(9), but if we're going to overhaul it, we should do it properly. Given the diversity of opinion expressed every time anybody has tried the smallest change, I don't see that happening, so why don't we just forget the whole thing? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message