> "Michael Lotz" <mmlr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Count me as one of the proponents of the "alternative" format. We > > had > > this discussion a few times now and I think we always came to the > > conclusion that it is really a matter of taste and being used to. > [...] > > P.S.: While we are at discussing matters of taste, we could also > > again > > argue about the pros and cons of "char *variable;" and "char* > > variable;" ;-) > > Since I was more or less the only proponent of our current style here > (IIRC), to get this over with, how about we compromise to the > following: > * use column style for classes While it seems more readable, it's harder to get automatically from an editor (don't know how to do that with XEmacs... yet) > * don't indent public/private (saves a tab) > * use "char* variable" instead of "char *variable" in C++ code > * don't use ", fMyMember(...)" initializers (my greetings to Stippi ; > - > )), but "fMyMember(...)," Hmm I'll have to update http://revolf.free.fr/beos/init.el François.