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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Naming conventions?
From:       Benjamin Meyer <ben () meyerhome ! net>
Date:       2004-10-12 23:51:54
Message-ID: 200410121952.04130.ben () meyerhome ! net
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On Tuesday 12 October 2004 4:43 pm, Alejandro Exojo wrote:
> El Martes, 12 de Octubre de 2004 16:47, Jason Keirstead escribió:
> > Use whatever convention you like in your code. When modifying someone
> > elses code, follow the existing convention, if for no other reason than
> > politeness. Other than those two simple guidelines, who really cares.
>
> I like this reasoning.
>
> > Code spacing is much more of a PITA than variable naming IMO, since it
> > requires developers to change their editor mode when switching from one
> > part of KDE to another, and KatePart is not flexable enough to
> > auto-detect the mode yet, ast least from my experience.
>
> Yes, and indentation styles are also a big annoying problem for me, because
> I like the opening bracket at the same level of the closing one, but it's
> not a popular choice. :-(
>
> > A uniform policy on spacing would be much better than a uniform policy on
> > variable names.
> >
> > PS: If there is one, I prefer tabs :) *duck*
>
> I like tabs too. IMHO, is the more meaningful character for aligning
> horizontally, isn't it? ;-)
>
> Well, thanks all for the comments.

I think I like tabs the most because in [your fav editor] you can specify tabs 
to be 2,4,8 or any set of spacing you like most.

- -Benjamin Meyer

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