Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 02:17:47 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Style(9) question Message-ID: <a05200f21ba05d8ee4b06@[192.168.0.3]> In-Reply-To: <20021123054800.GB10380@raggedclown.net> References: <20021122193040.GA23078@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <XFMail.20021122160808.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20021123020701.GA24845@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20021123054800.GB10380@raggedclown.net>
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At 6:48 AM +0100 2002/11/23, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> Well my feeling is you need a set of style rules that people, however
> grudgingly have to accept for new source modules. If you are updating
> existing code I think it is only sensible to follow the style that the
> particular code uses.
This is an argument that I can accept. I may not like it, but I
can accept it.
The standard says that we shall do things in a certain way, and
we adhere to the standard. Period.
Now, this doesn't mean that we don't occasionally go back and
revisit some of the things in the standard, and decide if they are
still applicable.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
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-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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