Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!micomvax!ray From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Braces are not Compiler-Fluff. Message-ID: <1635@micomvax.UUCP> Date: 17 Jan 89 18:28:52 GMT References: <272@twwells.uucp> <849@unh.UUCP> <292@twwells.uucp> <1616@micomvax.UUCP> <323@twwells.uucp> Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada Lines: 28 In article <323@twwells.uucp> bill@twwells.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes: > [I point out that the "indentation is sufficient" argument depends on > a style preference argument] >Agreed. However, I try to avoid arguing things like: if one screws up >in this way, one can continue screwing up by doing... Which presupposes the subjective assessment that the starting point is a screw up..... >: problem areas are with line-wraps, which will always occur... >: and a set of conventions which through necessity >: would have to look like a current "style wars" definition. > >Actually, even C has a line continuation (more-or-less) standard: the >backslash at the end of a line. And the dpANS makes it standard. Ah, but then we once again would get visual indentation clues which might overwhelm the the line continuation character..... >With a consistent use of them, the conventions would not be so much >of a problem. I'm sorry, but this still just degenerates into a style preference war. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!philabs!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090