can we please keep superfluous discussions like coding standards off-list? I have no issue with representation of fig discussion, but whitespace discussions have no place on this list...
Anthony On Dec 16, 2012 2:49 PM, "Paul Dragoonis" <dragoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > > > Pierre Joye wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Lester Caine<les...@lsces.co.uk> > wrote: > >> <snip> > >> > >>> > > >>> > >> Once again this is totally off base. We are not discussing anything > >> proposed or adopted by the FIG group but how php.net can better > >> cooperate with this group. I urge you to stay on topic and move any > >> other topics to the right place. > >> > > > > Actually the question is perfectly valid ... why do we standardise on > > using TAB in the core code, but then use spaces in the php files? > > It would seem that FIG group standards have been adopted in some areas of > > PHP when the real standard is something different? > > I've just realised why I have been having problems with some area which > > USED to use the TAB standard but which have been switched to 'spaces' > > instead! So what IS the standard for file style in core code files? While > > ignoring white space on comparisons does work, it also results in > problems > > when trying to commit changes to files which are using different white > > space standards. > > > > OK - scanning a few more files it would seem that spaces are an exception > > (fetch.php for example), and I've found the guideline calling for tab > > rather than spaces, but does that guideline apply transparently to .php > > files as well? Certainly .phpt files are consistently tabbed. > > > > It's not the only difference that FIG are pushing which is opposite to > the > > style standards on the core code, so perhaps we should be lobbying them > to > > come in line with the documented standards? > > > We done a survey on all the major projects and what their standards were > and went with the majority of what already existed. It doesn't matter what > we at FIG as long as it was consistent. > > > > > > > > -- > > Lester Caine - G8HFL > > ----------------------------- > > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=**contact< > http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact> > > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.**uk< > http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk> > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > >
