Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:28:38 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, chris@netmonger.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) Message-ID: <19990129152838.L8473@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990128193713.11856S-100000@current1.whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 07:41:29PM -0800 References: <199901290326.OAA22743@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <Pine.BSF.3.95.990128193713.11856S-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Thursday, 28 January 1999 at 19:41:29 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Bruce Evans wrote: >> style(9) is supposed to document KNF. It is not supposed to document >> best coding practices, julian's preferences or bde's preferences. > > KNF is not a static thing that cannot be changed. > KNF is in effect whatever is written in style(9). > > In case I hadn't made myself clear, I'm suggesting that we effectively > revise some aspects of FreeBSD's KNF. > > The resounding responce SO FAR (except for you) has been either > "I don't really care about those changes" or "YES please!" I don't think they're a good idea. Sure, I don't like style(9), but if we're going to overhaul it, we should do it properly. Given the diversity of opinion expressed every time anybody has tried the smallest change, I don't see that happening, so why don't we just forget the whole thing? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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