[Freeciv-Dev] Re: K&R style (was Re: [PATCH] slight optimisation ...)

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:28:07AM -0700, Kevin Brown wrote:
> 
> To be honest, I don't understand why we're even discussing this,
> except for deciding which arguments to pass to indent.  Seems to me
> that we should decide on one and then run the entire source tree
> through indent with the appropriate arguments.  Afterwards, it doesn't
> matter what style patches are submitted in, since the CVS maintainers
> can apply the patch and then run the affected source through indent
> again prior to committing the result to CVS.  That way the style
> throughout the source that's actually stored in CVS (and against which
> all patches are made) with will remain consistent while patch
> submitters won't have to concern themselves with something as trivial
> as coding style.
> 
> As long as patch submitters adhere to certain guidelines (like naming
> conventions) things should be pretty smooth, don't you think?

Sounds good.

        Raimar

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