+1 for 'catch ( IllegalArgumentException e )' - using white spaces On 3 Jan 2013, at 11:07 AM, Sanne Grinovero <sa...@hibernate.org> wrote:
> Looking at the following patch: > > > } > - catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { > + catch ( IllegalArgumentException e ) { > > would you consider it an improvement in terms of consistency with the > Hibernate style? > > It has always been my interpretation that we use whitespaces inside > blocks, like: > > > if ( condition) > //rather than > if (condition) > > but we don't for constructor invocations: > > new Wrapper(type, param); > //rather than > new Wrapper( type, param ); > > and we also do not (usually) for catch. > > I know that might sound like inconsistent, but the point is > readability: I've got used to it and I could swear that the *different > treating* helps with eyeball code scanning.. but I realize that could > be a very personal opinion. > > So since we're encoding this rule now in checkstyle, which one shall > it be for the catch statements? > > My guts vote goes to > > } > catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { > ... > > but I'd prefer to follow the convention from ORM, if you guys have a > clear rule :-) > > Cheers, > Sanne > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-dev mailing list > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev