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utzoo!henry
Mon Apr  5 21:04:42 1982
C style standard
As a start on defining a local set of programming standards, for
the purpose of making people's lives easier when taking over other
people's code, I've done up a modified version of a C-style document
from Bell.  "/usr/doc/run cstyle | lpr" for a copy.  Comments are
solicited, it's not cast in concrete.  Policy now is that all C
code to become part of the system (i.e., which users other than the
author are dependent on) must follow this unless there is a good
reason to be different.  Personal preference is not good enough;
the whole reason for a standard is that personal preferences differ.
(Nor should it be assumed that the standard accurately reflects MY
personal preferences;  it doesn't.  It DOES reflect, fairly well,
the de facto standard set by most existing C code.)

Some existing code deviates from the new standard to varying degrees.
Particularly in the case of large deviations, it is not worthwhile
to restyle existing code unless it is being worked over drastically.
And mixing styles in a single program is an absolute no-no.  But new
code should be written to conform to the standard.