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Re: Functions

 

>As far as I'm concerned, 90% of all Vala code is written with hanging
curly brackets (in the same line).
That's exactly why I decided not to force that option.

>You got the curly brackets reversed.
Where? Please more detail, thanks.

On Monday, January 2, 2012, Christian Dywan wrote:

>  Am 02.01.2012 17:19, schrieb David Gomes:
>
> Ideally, for me, I'd love:[...]
> It's the best way because the parentheses are aligned, so I can see where
> the function starts and where it ends.
>
>  However, I know most of you don't like it, we'll have to choose between
> these: (notice the empty line difference)
>
> As far as I'm concerned, 90% of all Vala code is written with hanging
> curly brackets (in the same line). And imho it is a waste of time to
> re-iterate personal preferences unless you want to make typical Vala code
> as messy as C code. It's not my preference either for what I want, but it's
> consistent.
> cf. http://live.gnome.org/Vala/Tutorial
>
> I tend to leave a space before the code usually if the arguments go in
> more than one line. Also if there are several declarations a line can
> emphasize it. Otherwise, it feels redundant. Pretty much like brackets
> around "if" and "else" - they feel odd if it's just one line.
>
>  http://goo.gl/l7a88 I'm also working on this. I decided I would do this
> because I'm a coding style freak. Code needs to be perfect and consistent
> along all of our applications. In fact, I can volunteer to fix all the
> dirty code we have (it's boring, but I don't care, I love doing it) in all
> our apps, but only after we have a coding style defined.
>
> You got the curly brackets reversed.
>


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David Gomes

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