[haiku-commits] Re: another coding style discussion (was: r36596 - haiku/trunk/src/apps/packageinstaller)
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 17:20:26 +0200
On 2010-05-04 at 17:05:02 [+0200], Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > If you can't understand why I and apparently others feel the way we
> > do, I
> > don't really know what I can tell you. I've already tried to explain
> > in it
> > detail.
>
> I think your problem is that you take coding style comments as
> criticism, and hence they annoy you, as this is just an unimportant
> formalism that does not say much about the code quality or contents
> itself.
> And since you're obviously not alone there, I understand having a coding
> style that really takes care of everything in detail can be counter-
> productive as it just enflames what I would personally consider as an
> attitude problem (not that this would help you or anybody else).
>
> Since we should try to find a balance that doesn't annoy anyone too
> much, I would suggest that if we encounter such unimportant rules, and
> everyone agrees on their value, we should just remove them from the
> guide then, or, as Matt put it, have it as a good practice example (and
> not as a guideline).
That'd be perfect, I am really glad you make this suggestion. We could
proceed either by everyone quoting the coding style guide with remarks on
what they find important and unimportant, or someone could come up with a
suggestion and we could refine that until we are all happy.
best regards,
-Stephan
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