On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 12:06:49PM -0700, Jared Casper wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:46 AM, DJ Delorie <d...@delorie.com> wrote: > >> I assume there are PCB devs that prefer the gnu style? > > > > 1. I prefer GNU style. Emacs automatically does this style when > > coding, too. > >
Initially I hated it, but it's grown on me. Giving braces their own columns lets one quickly see the block structure, which is incredibly helpful when skipping/including if statements while reading code. > > 2. GNU style seems to be popular elsewhere too, which reduces the > > learning curve for many new developers > > > > I'm sure you've seen a lot more code than I have, but from my own > experience it's only projects with a code base 10 something years old > or more that use it. Most newer code I've seen, especially in > academia, use something more like the linux kernel style. Maybe it's > just the circles I code in. I'm personally not a fan of the gnu > style, but don't go as far as Linus to think that people should print > it out and burn it. :) I just don't think it looks aesthetically > pleasing and find it difficult to read, but probably just because I'm > used to the other style. > Well, C itself doesn't seem to be used too much outside of > 10 year old code. Nowadays the language du jour seems to be Python, and C is only used for library-type projects that want many language bindings. IMHO everything should be Lisp. ;) -- Andrew Poelstra Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net Web: http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user