I like to pull returns and break to the left, so that the flow break is very visible, but this probably a brainchild of mine that never caught on.
Has anyone considered merging this article with the material under indentation? I think they are both children of the Jargon File entry on the same. --Ardonik 00:46, Jul 16, 2004 (UTC)
- I would argue to keep them seperate. Indentation has a seperate meaning to that in computing. The text in this article is a bit more refined, IMO, as well, so perhaps merge the programming stuff in Indentation here. Dysprosia 02:08, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- What if this page was moved to Programming Styles, and the examples fleshed out to, maybe, 7 lines to show how variables are named and where spaces go?
- I suggest this because a "Programming Styles" page would be useful, but if it existed it would duplicate the info on this page. So, if I get the time some night, any objections to me turning this into a full blown Programming Styles article? Gronky 23:11, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- What other styles are there? As this page says, there are other indenting or whatever styles used by people, which come and go. If you're talking about variable naming and spacing or whatever, we have articles on Hungarian notation and Camel case and naming convention or whatever, so I think it may just duplicate those articles. Dysprosia 03:11, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
The pros and cons for GNU style looked like filler, so I'm guessing no one was madly attached to them. While 2+2 == 4, GNU style won't produce any more line overflow than the other styles. As a GNU styler, I know the con I've written is true. Gronky 23:43, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)