Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Latest indent request Message-ID: <9063@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 4 Dec 88 06:29:54 GMT References: <17680@adm.BRL.MIL> <1748@solo3.cs.vu.nl> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 20 In article <1748@solo3.cs.vu.nl> maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes: >gaspar@almsa-1.arpa (Al Gaspar) writes: >\ if (test) >\ { >\ whatever; >\ } >What a DISGUSTING format! Most programmers I know that have tried vertical alignment of braces for a while have come to prefer that to the style in K&R. With "sam" the K&R style becomes acceptable because it is easy to find the matching brace. In any case, when modifying existing code we use the same style as in the existing code, whatever it may be (unless the code is totally misformatted, in which case we beautify it first). >I've included Henry Spencer's `Ten Commandments for C Programmers'; >special attention to point 8, please. Henry is a nice enough guy, but he's not God (in fact the first attribute probably precules the second).