On Tuesday 22 January 2008 15:18, mm wrote: > Vinzent Hoefler a écrit : > > 2) If I put the tabstop "typographically correct" as it should be > > (that means: right before the parentheses)[1], > > [...] > > > > [1] In normal text( you don't write parentheses like that ), do > > you? > > And what about math functions? Is "f (x)" more typographically > correct than "f(x)"? ;-)
Due to the lack of differently spaced spaces, yes. ;) However, the function name and the parameters should also be visually distinct, so the former variant is to be preferred. Especially if we start the tabular layout again, then |function Random (l : LongInt) : LongInt; |function Random (l : Int64) : Int64; |function Random : Extended; looks better than |function Random(l : LongInt) : LongInt; |function Random(l : Int64) : Int64; |function Random : Extended; because in the first variant there's a clear visual distinction between the function name and the parameter name. But, either variant is still superior to "f( x )". Vinzent. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal