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[Jakob Eriksson <jakob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This discussion is veering off into Bikeshedding.

I will now rescue it:

    - A commit hook which formats source code on commit, is the ONLY way to
have a followed formatting policy.

Any other approach will result in nothing but bikeshedding, or worse, flame
wars.

best regards,
Jakob



On September 13, 2012 at 11:42 PM Daniel Fore <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Not that I do a lot of coding, but I'm +1 on the "((" exception. It looks
> much more readable imho.
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Sergey Shnatsel Davidoff
> <sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> IMHO we should keep the style comprehensible and easy to remember. Maybe
> that way we'll manage to actually follow it.
>
> If you're willing to put a lot of time into developing the coding style, I
> can suggest reading the relevant Code Craft chapter first (I can lend a copy
> of the book if you don't have it handy).
>
> I can't +1 or -1 because I don't code in Vala, but in BASH and Python I use
> both "( (" and "((", depending on readability of the content. I wouldn't be
> able to keep all those little rules in mind, I guess.
>
> --
> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
> OS architect @ elementary
>