Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 18:26:19 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_fw.c Message-ID: <20020513012619.GA1967@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20020513092718.A13919@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200205122043.g4CKhod56192@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020512230017.GB4770@genius.tao.org.uk> <20020512163100.A26082@iguana.icir.org> <200205122343.g4CNhP7X023643@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20020513092718.A13919@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:27:18AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Sunday, 12 May 2002 at 19:43:25 -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> > <<On Sun, 12 May 2002 16:31:00 -0700, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org> said:
> >> I know,
> >> but
> >> sometimes
> >> it is
> >> unavoidable
> >> to move
> >> to 4
> >> spaces.
> >
> > If the code is
> > lined up down
> > the right hand
> > side of the
> > screen, then
> > it almost
> > certainly
> > needs to be
> > refactored --
> > not
> > reindented!
>
> If the code is lined up down the right hand side of the screen,
> then maybe it's the screen which needs to be remade, not the
> code. Why should we still live in the shadow of punched cards?
The argument that code looks better or is more readable when
indented with 4 spaces as compared to 8 spaces can be applied
recursively and transitively to yield that code looks better
or is more readable when not indented at all. Since this is
obviously a silly statement, I can only conclude that the whole
reasoning is flawed. The eternally recurring style(9) debate
is the other dead givaway that it's not solving anything, but
rather creates problems.
So, please stop it already. We're going to end right here
where we started and the only thing we gained is frustration.
Compared to what we can loose, developers, I'd say it's not
worth it...
Thanks,
\begin{brainfart}
CRA n.
Compulsive Reintenders Anonymous. A support group
for people with an unnatural tendency to reindent
anything not indented with their favorite spacing.
\end{brainfart}
;-)
(sorry, couldn't resist and I'm probably going to be
very sorry I put it here)
--
Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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