Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:42:29 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: style(9) question Message-ID: <22407.1141317749@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:40:01 GMT." <20060302163633.H77029@fledge.watson.org>
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In message <20060302163633.H77029@fledge.watson.org>, Robert Watson writes: >Regarding the contents of style(9) -- generally, we try hard not to change the >style guide, as style proves to be a rather contentious topic, as it is >typically guided much more by opinion and taste than function. A lot of people overlook that style(9) is about getting consistency far more than getting a "style". To paraphrase: "Style(9) good or bad, our style(9)." -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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