> Are these practices official/unofficial Plan 9 coding conventions? Are > they used for performance purposes? Are they just poor style? Or has > this kind of style been used for so long that it's BECOME Plan 9's style > of choice? Also, is it considered polite or acceptable coding practice > to alter the style of code written by other contributors? I don't want > to step on anybody's toes by "fixing" style which other Plan 9 > developers consider to be "Plan 9" style coding conventions.
I'm not an active community member, but it seems you are confusing style different from your own with poor style.