Re: your mail

[Ben Laurie <be...@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk>]

Paul Richards wrote:
> 
> Paul Richards writes:
>  > 
>  > Revised style guide. I've explicitly listed the indentation rules which may
>  > or may not be contentious. I've admitted defeat on the function declaration
>  > issue and fixed up all I could spot and made the few other changes that
>  > I remember people noting. I may have missed a few, lots of mail when I get
>  > in on Mondays because I'm usually away at weekends.
>  > 
>  > Anymore comments?
> 
> I've got some :-)
> 
> I don't like the way return (0) has a space while exit(0) doesn't.

Hmmm ... I don't like the brackets. I think it should be "return 0".

> 
> I think there should be space after casts, (void *) foo, rather than
> (void *)foo..

I disagree. I think it is strange that people are so keen on conserving
vertical space but don't seem to give a damn about horizontal space...

Cheers,

Ben.

> 
> Neither are serious and at this level I don't think we should be pedantic
> about correcting people's code but we should perhaps decide what we'd like
> to see as the standard.

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