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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:26:51 +1100
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: chris@netmonger.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd)
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>> Of course I object.
>
>My mail system appears to have accidentally deleted your excellent and
>well-considered reasons for not allowing style(9) to say "it's OK to
>use extra braces or parenthesis when it makes your code more
>comprehensible".

Perhaps it is in some of your backups from 5 years ago.

>Perhaps you could repeat it?

style(9) is supposed to document KNF.  It is not supposed to document
best coding practices, julian's preferences or bde's preferences.

Bruce

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