Most of the time we just "reference" the file, so we shouldn't make style
changes to it.

In the cases where we only bring bits, we have a spectrum of options from
using partial classes to having to copy-paste and only in hat case we would
reformat

On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Martin Thwaites <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm looking into porting some code over from the reference source, and
> I've noticed that it doesn't match the mono coding conventions.
>
> Things like spaces instead of tabs, no space before the opening bracket in
> a method call etc.
>
> They seem like minor things, so I'm curious what the stance should be?
>
> Maybe it's 2 rules? if you port the entire file without changes, it's ok
> to keep with MS conventions? if you are porting individual methods you need
> to match the surrounding code?
>
> Also, if you are porting an entire file, should the Microsoft copyright
> header be retained?
>
> I'm sure there are other things, so there probably needs to be a section
> on the site to cover the rules around porting from the reference source.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>
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