On Wed 30 May 2001 16:12, Dave Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > "K&R" style for indenting control constructs: ie the closing C<}> should
> > > line up with the opening C<if> etc.
> > >
> > > =item *
> > >
> > > When a conditional spans multiple lines, the opening brace must line up
> > > with the "if" or "while", or be at the end-of-line otherwise.
> >
> > I certainly will not change existing code that's written like this, but -
> since
> > IMHO this is *poor* GNU coding style - I will submit /new/ code snippets
> > formatted my own way: the right way. It's then up to the pumpking to accept or
> > reject it.
>
> The above two are essentially just rehashes of what's already in
> Porting/patching.pod, and seems to reflect existing practice (loosely
> speaking).
>
> What do you regard as the 'right' way?
>
> Just to check you're not being mislead by poor wording, the above is
> supposed to propose
>
> if (...) {
> ...
> }
if (func (arg)) {
:
}
> and
>
> if (...
> .....
> .....)
> {
> ....
> }
if (...
...
...) {
:
}
But I know I'm rather alone on this, though I'm not just someone saying: "Cause
that looks nice". I have several reasons for dong so and can defend my stance.
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