From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Nov 23 18:14:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F3637B401 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:14:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from vador.skynet.be (vador.skynet.be [195.238.3.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19AD243EAA for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:14:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (ip-26.shub-internet.org [194.78.144.26] (may be forged)) by vador.skynet.be (8.11.6/8.11.6/Skynet-OUT-2.20) with ESMTP id gAO2EBm15465; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 03:14:11 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20021123054800.GB10380@raggedclown.net> References: <20021122193040.GA23078@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20021123020701.GA24845@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20021123054800.GB10380@raggedclown.net> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 02:17:47 +0100 To: Cliff Sarginson From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Style(9) question Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message