Code style
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
The first version is only used by one person where I work. I've used the latter version for as long as I have used a language with curly braces (I started coding in C++ 12 years ago) and have never used anything else.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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You didn't realise that there isn't actually a SQL backend, it's actually me hand-typing all responses to page requests? That's why page view times can be a little long if I'm tired, and why forums can get unthreaded if it's a Friday night and I've been on the turps. Hey - it seemed cheaper than trying to pay for SQL licences... cheers, Chris Maunder
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
private:
void foo()
{
//statements
}Company standard. Felt strange at first, but I got used to it, and now I use it everywhere
My programming blahblahblah blog. If you ever find anything useful here, please let me know to remove it.
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The first version is only used by one person where I work. I've used the latter version for as long as I have used a language with curly braces (I started coding in C++ 12 years ago) and have never used anything else.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
I used the first style for 7 years in C++. I have been using the second style for almost 3 years in C#. With both styles I have and will continue making money. If someone pays me to do it one way or another, I will do it the way he wants it as long as he pays me my rate. Is not that what matters? The same goes for languages. I can write in Java, Visual Basic, C++, or C#. If you pay me, you choose the language and coding standards. Regards, Carlos H. Perez.
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
Are you trying to start a flame war in the lounge? ;) [edit]I agree with you :)[/edit] -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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private:
void foo()
{
//statements
}Company standard. Felt strange at first, but I got used to it, and now I use it everywhere
My programming blahblahblah blog. If you ever find anything useful here, please let me know to remove it.
Ick! Don't you get dizzy with the curly's aligned with the statements? It reminds me of the style a teacher of mine used:
if(x) {
// statements
}(He did it that way because he didn't have an autoindenting editor, and he was lazy. He never admitted it, but I know his character. And yeah, he hacked code when I was still breast feeding. :rolleyes:) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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You didn't realise that there isn't actually a SQL backend, it's actually me hand-typing all responses to page requests? That's why page view times can be a little long if I'm tired, and why forums can get unthreaded if it's a Friday night and I've been on the turps. Hey - it seemed cheaper than trying to pay for SQL licences... cheers, Chris Maunder
Working 9 to 5 would be holiday for you, wouldn't it? ;) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
lotuspro wrote: waste of a linebreak If coding style was about saving line breaks you would have a point. There is no standard, though the latter is seen far more frequent than the former, at least for functions and structs. House rules: If an inline function fits on one line, it can go on one line. Otherwise, classes, functions, structs always as version 2. if, for etc. is up to the coder.
we are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is Vonnegut jr.
sighist || Agile Programming | doxygen -
Yes it takes a bit more space but I prefer the second style. PS Indentation ?
private void foo() { [tab here] //statements };P The tigress is here :-D -
Ick! Don't you get dizzy with the curly's aligned with the statements? It reminds me of the style a teacher of mine used:
if(x) {
// statements
}(He did it that way because he didn't have an autoindenting editor, and he was lazy. He never admitted it, but I know his character. And yeah, he hacked code when I was still breast feeding. :rolleyes:) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
Frankly, I don't care. It is a matter of habit, anyway. Noone can convince me one style has any particular advantages over another.
My programming blahblahblah blog. If you ever find anything useful here, please let me know to remove it.
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private:
void foo()
{
//statements
}Company standard. Felt strange at first, but I got used to it, and now I use it everywhere
My programming blahblahblah blog. If you ever find anything useful here, please let me know to remove it.
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Are you trying to start a flame war in the lounge? ;) [edit]I agree with you :)[/edit] -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
I've always, in the 12 or so years I've used C/C++/C#, used the braces on a line of its own, unindented. -- LuisR ___________ Luis Alonso Ramos Chihuahua, Mexico www.luisalonsoramos.com
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private:
void foo()
{
//statements
}Company standard. Felt strange at first, but I got used to it, and now I use it everywhere
My programming blahblahblah blog. If you ever find anything useful here, please let me know to remove it.
Sorry, but this is anal. X|
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
In my mind, both are valid!:omg:
void foo() {
if (!false) {
burp();
}
}or
void foo(
int param1, // doc param 1
int param2, // doc param 2
int param3
)
{
burp();
}Why? I do not like CLOSING parentheses or braces lost on the end of broken/multi lines. Opening braces should be placed at the most logical point. You see, too many blanks/dim lines are just as detrimental as cramming.
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private:
void foo()
{
//statements
}Company standard. Felt strange at first, but I got used to it, and now I use it everywhere
My programming blahblahblah blog. If you ever find anything useful here, please let me know to remove it.
Eeeuw. Anyone who finds this to be clear simply has difficulty thinking straight.
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*must* *resist* *to* *flame* *Jörgen*
we are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is Vonnegut jr.
sighist || Agile Programming | doxygenBring it on! I've got skin made of asbest. ;) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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i've been chatting with the new guy at work today and he respectfully informs me he can't recall the last time he saw this notation: private void foo() { //statements } and contends that almost always people use: private void foo() { //statements } which to me is a total waste of a linebreak and less readable. worse still, the other new dude concurs? whassup with that? being a fan of the former notation, it seems to me that either the new generation of coders are being being taught different, or the old ones are getting too anal about space. my question is... what in fact is the standard? perhaps we should have a poll on CodeProject and settle this once and for all!
Version 2 is of course the only correct version. :) And I've worked in a lot of enterprise environments where I've never seen anything but v2 there.