From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 29 00:24:18 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA11831 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:24:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA11824 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:24:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA07036; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:24:41 -0800 (PST) To: Julian Elischer cc: Greg Lehey , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 28 Jan 1999 21:43:41 PST." Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:24:39 -0800 Message-ID: <7032.917598279@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > KNF is propogating what I consider to be bad practice, and that annoys me. > I'm happy to say that often they should be dropped, but to FORCE the > dropping of braces etc. with no regard to readbility is too much. I wasn't aware that KNF or style(9) actually "forced" anything so much as "suggested it strongly." I haven't changed my coding style one iota since we formed the project, for example, and I have no intention of doing so at any point in the future. Anyone sending me complaints about how I should have intented something differently either gets told to kiss my white behind or, if I'm feeling less energetic, simply has their comments deleted with a shrug. How one codes is a highly individualistic decision and I'd just as soon try and institute a dress code for trade shows where FreeBSD people are involved. Such a code would undoubtedly give a more professional appearance to the project and make us look like business-aware types who are not afraid to wear a tie when such is called for, but it would hardly be my place to insist on such a thing nor would it be a constructive move in the long term. So it goes with enforcing style(9). A strong suggestion, sure. A requirement? Hell no. Many of us refuse to follow style(9), will NEVER follow style(9), and to insist on it for others would be hypocritical at best. Bruce is more of a microcosm and shouldn't be taken as indicative of general trends. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message