On Dec 9, 2010, at 200PM, Sim IJskes - QCG wrote:

> On 12/09/2010 06:37 PM, Christopher Dolan wrote:
>> Yes, sorry, I replied to the wrong email...  I meant to react to the
>> proposal of:
>> 
>>  - I want to make a meaningful change to Class A.
>>  - Class A is badly formatted.
>>  - I fix the formatting of Class A.
>>  - I commit Class A.
>>  - I make my meaningful change to Class A.
>>  - I commit Class A.
>> 
>> I think steps #3 and #4 are a bad idea.  Your endorsement of that
> 
> Do you object to the formatting or the intermediate commit? Do you think the 
> scope of the class is too big, should it be only the method that is fixed? Or 
> are you completely against reformatting?
> 
> I think it is a bit too much to write 'we forbid', it is an adult fixing the 
> source, for free, shouldn't we allow a bit of freedom in this case?

I agree. If source is difficult to read and it can be improved by reformatting, 
then why not reformat and commit. Its on an as needed basis, after all.

Dennis

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