[REBOL] Re: Script styles
From: tim:johnsons-web at: 11-Nov-2003 10:43
* Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch <[maximo--meteorstudios--com]> [031111 09:39]:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ladislav Mecir [mailto:[lmecir--mbox--vol--cz]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:41 PM
> > To: [rebol-list--rebol--com]
> > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Script styles
> >
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> > >After all, with out variation in style, how can it improve?
> > >
> > >What do people think?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sorry, I don't like this idea.
> >
>
> I second the motion.
> there is a style guide and anyone should at least try to make their
> shared code similar to it, if he is sharing code at large. I know
> many programmers have extensive backgrounds(habits) in other languages
> which make it harder to adapt their reflexed coding habits to a
> different form, but it does make your code more usefull in any case if
> it looks similar enough so that others can read it without squinting.
I agree whole-heartedly. Even tho' I don't like to use rebol' pretty-print
myself, I would certainly follow whatever guidlines that were agreed
upon for a library/resource submission. And I believe that Carl has
written a pretty-printify script that could take care of that...
And I'm really in favor of docstrings.
MTCW
tim
> enabling a feature that goes against the style guide defeats its purpose.
>
> -MAx
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