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RE: religious wars
On 11 June 2007 20:48, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> [snip]
>> ... because although I really dislike the ...
>>
>> if( arg )
>> x = FuncCall( arg );
>
> Ok, I guess I'll avoid starting a war here. But, IMO the second line is
> right, and the first line should be 'if ( arg )' :-).
You do realise that's inconsistent, yeh?
> That said, C != English. IMO they are allowed to have different rules
> for where to put spaces. (And... perhaps some people whose native
> language != English find the GNU coding style broken for the same
> reasons you think the alternatives are broken :-).)
I mentioned the brackets-bind-to-the-right point for a reason: because that
makes it broken in both english /and/ C.
> You mean 'astyle'? :-)
Shoulda guessed it would have been thought of before :) I'm sure I'm not the
first one to encounter this problem!
> /me starts whistling "Triangle Man", as it seems appropriate.
/me starts whistling the Harry Lime theme.
cheers,
DaveK
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