Re: gtk2-perl: moving on by standardizing our code

[Leon Strong <leon strong staff ihug co nz>]

personally, i'd rather have a documented style as well, at least, coming
from the outside, into a project that is already well under way, if i have
something i wish to submit, i should be able to read up on what the
current developers would like to see in submitted patches. (similar to
linus's kernel developers style guide).

there shouldnt be a draconian "you must ahere to this or else we'll get
uor LART tools out", more a "please adhere to these guides as much as
possible to ensure consistancy, and increase the chancse your patches will
be accepted into cvs)"...

.. just my view.

--smurf.

On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Robert G. Werner wrote:

> Goran Thyni wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > maybe I am too extreme but I don't think any code style rules should be
> > used at all. To get contributions the hurdles should be as low as possible
> > and a style guide is an unnecassary hurdle.
> [snip]
>
> The insinct for letting people write code the way the prefer is highly
> admirable but when we are talking about library code that everyone's
> apps depend on,  I do think basic standards need to be established and
> adhered to.
>
> Probably the easiest way is through emacs and vim mode lines (I think
> vim respects emacs style mode lines so there may only need to be the
> one type).
>
> However,  an alternative might be to create some sort of source code
> filter that will try and impose the desired style on people's
> submitted patches.
>
> I can't really contribute more to this discussion because I will be
> more a user of these classes than a contributor but I still vote for
> consistency of style because it will make debuging and future
> development much easier.
>
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