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From: doug-merritt@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Draco keywords
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Date: 26 Jun 88 15:32:58 GMT
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Thad Floryan writes:
>STYLE is very important.  After just completing a 300,000+ line C port,
>in retrospect I'm *GLAD* I used (for example):
>       for ( loop head )
>       {
>       }
>MUCH much easier to see closure when the opening and closing braces are
>indented the same.

Please, let's not start a style controversy. I've been programming in
C since 1976, and I've seen dozens of different styles used, and have
prepared company "progamming style sheets", etc. And there's one thing
that has become absolutely clear:

	THERE IS NO ONE SINGLE "RIGHT" WAY TO CODE C!!!!!!!!!!!

For instance, the original Bell Labs style is to put the open curly
on the same line as the 'for': "for ( loop head ) {". You would say
that's bad, apparently. Yet there are thousands of C programmers who
are used to this style, and who have no problems keeping track of
correct closure.

Give people credit. The important thing is to have a consistent style
that achieves some particular purpose. The rest is personal preference
and quickly becomes a religious war when argued.
	Doug
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