OG was right all along
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I don't print my code, but I've printed inherited code on 11x17 paper with narrow margins, as I had to physically diagram it to figure out what it was doing ... 9 sheets in portrait mode using Courier 9 point. In some cultures, a test of worthiness is going into battle. In IT? It's figuring out inherited code.
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I had to physically diagram it to figure out what it was doing
What happened to the original author?! That should have been job security! If I inherited that code, I'd have him renditioned and put under bright lights until that code got explained. :-D
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Notes where, on your fanfold printout?! :laugh:
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You'd miss tp as well if it were gone.
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At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better. A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
OMG, I had to lookup Allman style to confirm... My argument was ALWAYS that we line these things up so they can be matched properly. And I believe the blank space adds context. void main / if / while -> all have the same simple formatting { // Yes this is good } and doubly hated the dual indentation: if () { // then this } REALLY hated: if () { // Same level, Uggh } So, welcome aboard. it just seems more consistent, and since I do a TON of Pascal/Delphi and PL/SQL, etc, etc. Where I would strangle someone for: if () BEGIN // OMG END
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
I like Python even better, where indentation determines scope
You just like to sit back and watch the world burn, don't you? :-D
Software Zen:
delete this;Haha, I do, but in this case I am serious, I like this Python feature.
Cheers, Vikram.
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Haha, I do, but in this case I am serious, I like this Python feature.
Cheers, Vikram.
The notion of significant white-space gives me PTSD-flashbacks to my FORTRAN days :rolleyes:
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At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better. A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
Might have been me under an old account. I remember vehemently defending Allman a couple of years back, after deep diving a few enormous legacy codebases for a consultancy gig. The speed at which I can parse large volumes of code when it's Allman is much higher, all because of the visual clues that are tied in with the control logic. I'm mostly scanning the control logic by identation, only sparsly reading evaluations along the way.
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I had to physically diagram it to figure out what it was doing
What happened to the original author?! That should have been job security! If I inherited that code, I'd have him renditioned and put under bright lights until that code got explained. :-D
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Greg Utas wrote:
What happened to the original author?! That should have been job security! If I inherited that code, I'd have him renditioned and put under bright lights until that code got explained.
Dead men don't tell tales ... He retired then died a week later.
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Greg Utas wrote:
What happened to the original author?! That should have been job security! If I inherited that code, I'd have him renditioned and put under bright lights until that code got explained.
Dead men don't tell tales ... He retired then died a week later.
I actually wondered if that might be the explanation. :rose: My guess is that code evolved many times, with no one having the inclination to restructure it.
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At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better. A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
For me the only style is the "one true brace style" Allman makes sense for non-braced languages, though (like python).
