Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:13:33 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: code density vs readability Message-ID: <20010927141333.A44288@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Style question: what guidelines do you personally follow to balance readability vs efficiency of source code? Can lack of blank lines and other whitespace easily become an impediment to readability? When (IYO) is there TOO much? One of the software engineers I work with (from mainframe/DOS days) has his code spread out so thin, you can page down 3 or 4 pages before you start to see meaningful code, and he seems to skip a line after almost every line of code. Not to mention spaces before and after every parenthesis, brace, or bracket. It seems this would make it easy to read the first time, but a nuisance after that. What do you think? jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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