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Subject:    =?UTF-8?B?UmU6IGtkZWxpYnMgY29kaW5nIHN0eWxl?=
From:       David Jarvie <lists () astrojar ! org ! uk>
Date:       2006-07-21 10:16:45
Message-ID: d4e1213498888d3dc876d1a08bec91aa () webmail ! plus ! net
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On Thursday 20 Jul 2006 22:13 , 'Jaison Lee' wrote:
> > > To make it clear, no mass reindenting would take place.. For already
> > > existing code the indention would be changed when a person would be
> > > editting it. ....
> > 
> > This means that files that have a consistent style are now going to
> > have different styles. And that's exactly what you do not want.
> 
> That's a very good point, however consistantly aligned files in
> kdelibs are hard to come by. :) I think the idea is a little
> short-term pain for long-term payoff.

My impression is that many files in kdelibs do have reasonably consistent styles. If \
people use a different style when editing them, this will result  in unnecessary mess \
and difficulty reading them. I think that the new style should only apply either to \
new files, to files which are being  substantially rewritten, or to files which \
already have no clear style. Otherwise, for small edits, the existing style of the \
file should be adhered  to. Surely there are many files which are unlikely to be \
changed substantially in the foreseeable future, and this would help to maintain  \
readability (unless a decision is taken to do a mass restyling).

--
David Jarvie.


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