Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Indenting and alignment style Message-ID: <1988Dec9.190711.4119@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <17680@adm.BRL.MIL> <1748@solo3.cs.vu.nl> <9063@smoke.BRL.MIL> <9076@smoke.BRL.MIL> <4733@mtgzz.att.com> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 88 19:07:11 GMT In article <4733@mtgzz.att.com> avr@mtgzz.att.com (a.v.reed) writes: >The solution, I think, is to write code in the style that's best for >you, and use "prettyprinting" tools when reading or editing code written >in a different style by somebody else. This would be the solution if prettyprinters were smart enough to equal the job done by a conscientious programmer. They aren't. >... Insisting that everyone >conform to what you happen to like and/or are used to isn't just >religion, it is neanderthal religion... No, it's called "having standards", actually. -- SunOSish, adj: requiring | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 32-bit bug numbers. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu