Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:37:28 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@kot.ne.mediaone.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) Message-ID: <2618.917602648@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:02:12 %2B0200." <90073.917600532@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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> >> The parans have the same function as commas in most latin alphabet >> based languages: to convey structure. > >I think you've picked the wrong analogy. The rules of the language >dictate certain cases in which commas are required. Extraneous use of >commas decreases readability. Wrong, there are 3 major systems for commas, but lets not open that discussion now. >When it comes to code, do you not agree that the trained eye knows which >operators to seek to first in an expression? I can't think of an analogy >in the English language, since one doesn't "seek to" commas, one simply >reads from left to right. A little to little or a little too much is equally evil. I personally prefer more parans than my C compiler needs. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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