From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 29 01:39:47 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA22781 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:39:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA22775 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:39:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA02620; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:37:29 +0100 (CET) To: Sheldon Hearn cc: Mikhail Teterin , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:02:12 +0200." <90073.917600532@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:37:28 +0100 Message-ID: <2618.917602648@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> 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