Re: Code conventions

2002-01-10 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
on 1/10/02 1:16 AM, "GOMEZ Henri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> LOL! >> Are you taking these guys seriously? >> =;o) >> > No, since Jon didn't participate > to the thread ;) I heard that if you shorten the names of your variables and methods down to single letters, the execution speed increases

RE: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Paulo Gaspar
This thread goes so loong with all of you showing yours that I can't resist showing mine: public void setSomething(Object i_something) { m_something = i_something; } Or even... public void setSomething(Object i_something) { Object something; // a local something some

RE: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Conor MacNeill
> From: Berin Loritsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Just beware of this bug: > > public void setSomething(Object somthing) { // something misspelled > this.something = something; > } > Don't you use a spell checker on your code? Actually this problem is one reason why it is better to us

Re: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Berin Loritsch
Sam Ruby wrote: > Stephane Bailliez wrote: > >>I can understand why: >> >>public void setSomething(Object something){ >> something = something; >>} >> > > Another solution is > > public void setSomething(Object something) { > this.something = something; > } Just beware of this bug: p

RE: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Sam Ruby
Stephane Bailliez wrote: > > I can understand why: > > public void setSomething(Object something){ >something = something; > } Another solution is public void setSomething(Object something) { this.something = something; } - Sam Ruby -- To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Daniel Rall
Tim Vernum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > public void setSomethingComplicated(Object sometingComplicateed){ >> > this.somethingComplicated = somethingComplicated; >> > } >> >> There's only possibility of problem there when you don't copy and >> paste your variable names. > > I find (subject

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Shane Curcuru
Great! I'll keep an eye out so we can propose stealing what you come up with for xml.apache.org as well... 8-) Suggestions/comments/questions: -- Focus on overall how-to steps for the release process and signing 'public' distribution units; I can volunteer to do QA on any instructions you come

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > then I was volunteering to draft the general Release HOWTO, and > asking if anyone had any existing documentation about this that they > wanted to share. I'd start with this one . Stefan --

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Ted Husted
"Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote: > > On 1/10/02 8:18 AM, "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Conor MacNeill wrote: > >> Perhaps it could be part of a committer "howto" page > >> dealing with how to put together a release. > > > > I can take the lead on this part. I have some notes, and if a

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/10/02 8:18 AM, "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Conor MacNeill wrote: >> Perhaps it could be part of a committer "howto" page >> dealing with how to put together a release. > > I can take the lead on this part. I have some notes, and if anyone want > to send along anything pertinen

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Ted Husted
Conor MacNeill wrote: > Perhaps it could be part of a committer "howto" page > dealing with how to put together a release. I can take the lead on this part. I have some notes, and if anyone want to send along anything pertinent that they already have, please feel free. -Ted. -- To unsubscribe

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Ted Husted
This has come up before. Would anyone be interesting in reviewing the archives, and summarizing the past threads? At which point, we can come to decision, or validate whatever we decided before, and post it as a FAQ. Here's one for starters, but there's more: http://www.mail-archive.com/general

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/10/02 8:03 AM, "Conor MacNeill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Having read all this stuff about what is Jakarta, what is the PMC's > role, etc reminded me of something which I think should be addressed at > PMC level, if not higher - the policy of signing releases. We have put > some

release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Conor MacNeill
Hi, Having read all this stuff about what is Jakarta, what is the PMC's role, etc reminded me of something which I think should be addressed at PMC level, if not higher - the policy of signing releases. We have put something in place at a subproject level for Ant but I think an overall polic

Re: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Peter Donald
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:16, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > On 1/10/02 6:11 AM, "Stephane Bailliez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > [...] > > > >> Real programmers don't use compilers... > > > > It looks like th

Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache

2002-01-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/10/02 6:26 AM, "Danny Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not necessarily true, I've worked on applications where a servers ability to > dynamically create M$ documents is a cool feature, imagine a servelet which > returned an xls workbook reporting on data from an ODBC datasource (maybe > s

RE: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache

2002-01-10 Thread Danny Angus
Not necessarily true, I've worked on applications where a servers ability to dynamically create M$ documents is a cool feature, imagine a servelet which returned an xls workbook reporting on data from an ODBC datasource (maybe sales figures or contact details), people in M$ centered offices lap th

Re: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/10/02 6:11 AM, "Stephane Bailliez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > [...] >> Real programmers don't use compilers... > > It looks like there were needs for some punching balls to start 2002 :-) > In 10 days the

RE: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Stephane Bailliez
> -Original Message- > From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...] > Real programmers don't use compilers... It looks like there were needs for some punching balls to start 2002 :-) In 10 days there are more messages in jakarta-general than in the last 2 months. Stephane

Re: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Peter Donald
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:59, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > On 1/10/02 2:54 AM, "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:07, Daniel Rall wrote: > >> Ceki Glc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> People who repeatedly forget to type "this" represent a minority and > >>> should p

Re: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/10/02 2:54 AM, "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:07, Daniel Rall wrote: >> Ceki Glc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> People who repeatedly forget to type "this" represent a minority and >>> should perhaps look to exercise a different profession. >> >> Agreed.

Re: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Peter Donald
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:07, Daniel Rall wrote: > Ceki Glc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > People who repeatedly forget to type "this" represent a minority and > > should perhaps look to exercise a different profession. > > Agreed. I agree - using the compiler to detect errors is such a stupid idea

Re: License change for new year ?

2002-01-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/9/02 9:13 PM, "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:45, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: >> On 1/9/02 8:30 PM, "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:24, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: Here's a quick question - what makes that a rule? Ted

RE: Code conventions

2002-01-10 Thread GOMEZ Henri
>LOL! >Are you taking these guys seriously? >=;o) > No, since Jon didn't participate to the thread ;) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail:

RE: Volunteer Wanted

2002-01-10 Thread GOMEZ Henri
I'm allready involved there, hired by Pier :) PS: Happy New Years to all of you - Henri Gomez ___[_] EMAIL : [EMAIL PROTECTED](. .) PGP KEY : 697ECEDD...oOOo..(_)..oOOo... PGP Fingerprint : 9DF8 1EA8 ED53 2F39 DC9B 904A 364F 80E6 >-Or

RE: Mission ...

2002-01-10 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
> "Production quality" sounds MUCH better to me! > > Have fun, > Paulo Gaspar Thats good. I like that. -- www.superlinksoftware.com www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix

Re: More abuse of coding styles...

2002-01-10 Thread Ceki Gulcu
Micael, I guess my remarks on typing "this" do sound arrogant. Point well taken. Regards, Ceki --- Micael Padraig Og mac Grene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 07:07 PM 1/9/02 -0800, you wrote: > >Ceki Gülcü <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > People who repeatedly forget to type "this" > repr