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Date:      Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:16:46 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901290914500.304-100000@s204m82.isp.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <92584.917604304@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> 
> Giving folks the go-ahead to use parens as a form of documentation is
> misguided and will end in tears. MHO.
> 
Giving people the ability to quickly prove that the code matches the
comments when they're upto their behinds in alligators is not going to end
in tears. Sometimes there are more important things to worry about than
proving one'es programming studdliness.

julian



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