+ 1 And I know that you read kent patterns. We got all brainwashed with them.... I;m still hoping that his book will be out of print :) For now rebuying one for the team here since some guys messed up my nice and clean version.
Stef > > On Mar 3, 2010, at 16:53 , Yanni Chiu wrote: > >> Isn't readability a matter of taste, or were experiments done? > > Indeed. As long as we don't carry out usability studies, we don't know what > is better and we have to resort to personal taste. When I said "I don't like > x" I also meant "I find it is less readable". Yanni gives a good argument > below. > > In any case, I don't want to start an endless discussion about formatting, > but I think it is interesting to get the different opinions to be able to > come up with a formatter that works for as many people as possible. > > What we probably all agree on is that a common convention (or automatic > formatter) for code in PharoCore would improve readability in comparison to > the current situation in which we have all sorts of formatting. > > Cheers, > Adrian > >> >> IIRC, the arguments for productivity had to do with everyone just >> accepting one standard - not that one standard was "better" than >> another, just that there be *one* team standard (in the interest of >> productivity). >> >> I prefer the "hanging left bracket" because it allows the subsequent >> lines to have the same tabbing. That makes me faster, without requiring >> an automatic formatter. >> >> -- >> Yanni >> >> >> Chris Muller wrote: >>> Well, Kent makes a well-reasoned argument for Rectangular Block, >>> readability and productivity. "I don't like it" is just a statement >>> of someone's personal taste, a non-starter in terms of a useful >>> discussion about formatting. >>> >>> My goal is to make the system more productive and, by my experience, >>> that's what these formatting patterns accomplish. >>> >>> - Chris >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de> wrote: >>>>> what do you mean by now used? >>>>> Did they change that recently? >>>> According to http://planetmisc.squeak.org/ >>>> a new package Compiler-cmm.131.mcz is now in Squeak inbox >>>> and may find its way into trunk ... >>>> >>>> >>>>> I don't like Beck's rule "3. Rectangular Block" >>>> vs. >>>>> So for me personally, Beck's rule 3 is the one that looks better. >>>> And there we have them: discussions on what looks better :) >>>> >>>> Bye >>>> T. >>>> -- >>>> Sicherer, schneller und einfacher. Die aktuellen Internet-Browser - >>>> jetzt kostenlos herunterladen! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>> Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr >>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
