On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 09:01:51AM -0700, Thiago Macieira wrote: > On segunda-feira, 29 de abril de 2013 23.30.59, André Pönitz wrote: > > The rules are ok as they are (pretty much as _any_ set of consistently > > applied and not-completely-weird rules). Opening them up only leads to > > more review bikeshedding. > > > > It's not that people actively change coding style in old Qt code, and > > there's always the "don't stick to the rules if it makes you look bad" > > excuse. > > Let's not try to change any of the rules, since this leads to bikeshedding, > like André said. It clearly has already become that. > so let's meta-bikeshed instead?
> So let's just change the interpretation: the "don't stick to the rules" > allows > us to accept a slightly different style if that makes it nicer. That should > be > enough to apply to the case of braces in single-line ifs. > now, that is kinda ridiculous. the cop-out rule exists to justify exceptions in corner cases, not to give everyone a free pass for their coding style preferences. on a personal note, while i strongly sympathize with the diff minimization philosophy, i also feel quite a dislike for excess braces. adding to that the in this case pretty persuasive consideration of the status quo, i'd like this discussion to die. NOW. _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
