All right, I suppose I can accept that. I'm not quite at the point where I can fix bugs, but maybe that will happen soon. I do know that the more I use this language, the more I dig it.
Thanks for the feedback, David On Oct 15, 7:24 am, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's all about priorities. At this point the goal is to write Clojure in > Clojure, so the useful lifecycle of Java indentation fixes is hopefully > modest. > > If you are looking to spend time on Clojure, there are many tickets that need > patches. :-) > > https://www.assembla.com/spaces/clojure/tickets/custom_report/17449 > > Stu > > > > > > > > > I get that. However, "broken" can describe code on several different > > levels, not just on the level of compilation or execution. > > > I would say that for a young aspiring language like Clojure, having > > readable, presentable source code is key, and that not having these things > > amounts to being broken, no? > > > On 14 Oct 2010, at 10:47 pm, Santosh Rajan wrote: > > >> IMHO if it is not broken, dont fix it. I am sure the original authors are > >> aware and are very much around. Probably they would be the best people to > >> do > >> it anyway. > > >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:43 AM, David Jacobs < > >> develo...@allthingsprogress.com> wrote: > > >>> I've just started learning Clojure and I'm excited about what I see. The > >>> combination of power and sophistication in the language is refreshing, and > >>> I've started to dive into the source code to understand it better. > > >>> One meta-observation has come out of my scouring. > > >>> The indentation used for the part of Clojure that's written in Clojure is > >>> beautifully indented, well documented, and generally easy to work through. > >>> On the other hand, the Java source doesn't look so consistent, either > >>> internally or with standard practices--especially as regards whitespace, > >>> indentation, and braces. > > >>> It may seem like a small thing, but I think that having well-formatted, > >>> consistent source code is important. > > >>> Would there be any objection to reformatting the Java source to make it > >>> consistent? I wouldn't mind undertaking that project in my free time. > > >>> Thoughts? > > >>> David > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "Clojure" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > >>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > >>> your first post. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >>> > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > >> -- > >>http://hi.im/santosh > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Clojure" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > >> your first post. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
