StyleCop - Aarrgh
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Wow. If I remember rightly, they also have a rule about specifying only one class per file.
Which is a good rule to follow in my opinion. I even use that for enums, even small ones.
Regards, Nish
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I follow that rule - and it clarifies why using statements are per namespace.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
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Got some interesting responses out of it though. MS does have some good explanations of the reasoning behind each rule, and clearly you have to chose the set for you as some rules don't sit well together. Customising the rules was the second thing I did. It is however a bit depressing that creating a default windows forms app in VS 2010, with the default auto created main form, will give so many warnings with the default settings. Over a hundred. You would have thought that MS supplied templates would match the MS supplied style rules. Oh well.
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. wrote:
You would have thought that MS supplied templates would match the MS supplied style rules. Oh well.
Do what I say, not what I do.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
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Mr.Prakash wrote:
I prefer spaces, when the code is developed with different editors on different platforms, spaces makes the code neater.
But, realistically every IDE you'll use allows you to configure tab width.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
But, realistically every IDE you'll use allows you to configure tab width.
Yes it does. the problem is not all spaces can be replaced with tabs while all tabs can be replaced with spaces. What I mean is, some people write it this way
enum something { <sp><sp><sp>Enum1, <tab> enum2 }The above code will look different with different settings of tab. If you only have space then there is never a problem. I know I know you will say, why did enum1 had space in the first place. Some devs do it some intentionally and many times accidentally, instead of going after the dev on why he put sp instead of tab. It is easier to say replace all tabs with space. And consider this horrible patternenum something { <sp><sp><sp><tab>Enum1, <tab> enum2 }With Tab setting to 4, they will look good, if not they will look bad. -
I know, I can disable rules but that rather defeats the point. I started from the point of how can I be expected to match the rules if the Visual Studio generated code itself does not. As to coding and brackets, I prefer, the following, though I know personal preference and all that.
switch (foo){
case Bar:
RunBar();
break;
case Foobar:
RunFoo();
RunBar();
break;
}In this example Style cop would prefer the following:
switch (foo)
{
case Bar:
RunBar();
break;
case Foobar:
RunFoo();
RunBar();
break;
}Who can really say which is more readable, though I would use spaces if pasting on CP because it is easier to type in the editor, that does not allow you to type tabs.
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There are other scenarios where "inner" tabs would break column alignment. Maybe elastic tabstops[^] would solve the debate (at least for me).
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. wrote:
It is however a bit depressing that creating a default windows forms app in VS 2010, with the default auto created main form, will give so many warnings with the default settings. Over a hundred. You would have thought that MS supplied templates would match the MS supplied style rules. Oh well.
Yeah I hear you there. The VS team seems to have been wholly unaware of the StyleCop guidelines :-) BTW, my real name jab was an attempted joke (since you are not using your real name at all)!
Regards, Nish
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
BTW, my real name jab was an attempted joke (since you are not using your real name at all)!
I am on my profile. Or am I? The life of a spy is never simple> :)
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