On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> If programs are meant to be read (as I too believe they should be), then
> they should have a style that assists the reader. However if that
> reader is primarily the author, as is far more often the case than for
> other forms of reading material, then indeed the author should express
> himself or herself in their most favourite personal style.
Quite. And 30 years ago I did sit down and think out good reasons for
the style I use. For example, I believe that the {} that go round blocks
belong *with the block*. Since you can write either
if (something) statement;
or
if (something) block
it seems to me that the { is not part of the "if" construction, and
I am uncomfortable with the common C style where the { is tagged on as
part of the "if" line. That is also why I like { and } to line up
vertically.
But I know these are all personal preferences. Like I said, when I
retire and hand over Exim to someone else (if it survives that long) I
won't complain if its source gets reformatted.
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