Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 00:33:23 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/whois whois.c Message-ID: <384E09C3.735C0F6C@softweyr.com> References: <199912062118.NAA04479@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912071000200.4891-100000@alphplex.bde.org> <19991207160319.B67579@florence.pavilion.net>
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Josef Karthauser wrote:
>
> I thought that it was _explicity_ required! That way when someone visits
> the code later they don't need to worry about breaking code because of missing
> braces. (A major cause of software bug, is it not?)
FWIW, I'm with you on this one. I've seen way too many bugs over the years
where somebody inserted another statement, "properly" indented, expecting it
to be executed along with the original one. Our current stance on this issue
is assinine and self-defeating. On the other hand, every project really needs
a style guide and even a bad one is better than none at all. I'll follow what
we have and keep lobbying to get it fixed.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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