> In fact, even if someone came up with a system that improved code readability > 300% > and gave me a free tool that automatically did the > formatting, I wouldn't be interested - the cost of testing the tool to make > sure it wasn't screwing up the code would probably wipe > out any savings that the improved readability brought with it.
Well, as someone who has a program that improves readability of code and does heuristic error checking to boot I would have to disagree. My tcl/tk formatter/checker is used by loads of tcl developers because it really does make the code more readable and it finds bugs that otherwise would not appear until runtime. Yes, the program has the potential to screw up the code, and that is how bugs in it manifest themselves, but this happens extrememly rarely and really only when people do very weird things. However, the tool saves people time and money, so they use it because it works. L. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
