On Tue, May 2, 2006 3:02 am, Barry wrote:
> Rafael schrieb:
>> IMHO, vertical aligned brackets can be messy when nesting
>> relatively-small blocks (and seems to me like a lot of wasted space)
> Huh?!
> Show an example. I don't think you will be able to show one.
> But this wasted space gives you a lot more insight into the code when
> looking for loops,whiles,functions and such.
if (...)
{
if (...)
{
if (...)
{
//blah
}
//blah
}
//blah
}
>> A couple of facts of my codding style:
>> - I tend to always use brakets, so I ignore the fact that single
>> lines/actions can be written without brackets,
> This is "your" coding style.
> But if you work in a team, and somone does use that because it
> actually
> is a neater way of programming.
> What do you intend to do?
Grin and bear it.
>> - I use a 4 space indentation, and that alone suffices for making
>> a block stand clear enough
> It's not just about one block.
> I've seen stuff like:
> if (blah blah) {
> do my code!
> } else {
> oh my god!
> }
>
> Well, without indentation it just looks like a bunch of chars.
YES!!!
Without indentation you are SCREWED.
Nobody is arguing against that!
> if (blah blah)
> {
> do my code!
> }
> else
> {
> oh my god!
> }
>
> Even without intendations, you can clearly see that it's an if and an
> else here.
Bzzzzt.
Without indentation, it's just garbage.
> The best part here is that you see it when you scroll through your
> code.
> without actually "reading" it.
If you indent, you see it as you scroll through without actually
"reading" it no matter where you put the braces.
>> So, in my case, the code would be something like
>> function foo( $x ) {
>> // body...
>> }
>> ···
>> $a = foo($b);
> Even this is far too blocky to read.
> If you have 4000 rows of code and looking for some if or switch (you
> are
> not sure) it would save you a lot of time searching for it though.
>
> And for your problem with viewing. probably try to get a 19" monitor.
> They are not that expencive anymore.(The CRT ones)
> Even on 1024x768 you see LOTSA code.
I frequently code on smaller monitors -- laptop, ancient desktop,
stripped-down flat-panel monitor that fits inside a rack-mount 2-RU
shelf in my sound booth...
I can't really lug a 19" monitor all over, and there's no room in my
sound booth for it, what with the amps, sound boards, computer, CD
duplicator, etc.
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