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On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Ed Summers wrote: > > > FWIW, I agree with Karen and Alexander. The whole point (to my > > recollection) of creating code4lib in the first place was to create a > > venue where any aspect of computer programming in libraries could be > > discussed. To my mind, this includes licensing, and business models, > > and whether you like K&R style. > > I _cannot_stand_ K&R style -- it's for people who count 'lines of code' > using 'wc -l'. I much prefer KNF. > I agree, but there are two important additions I'd like to make: First, use of tabs. In modern software development, all tabs should be spaces. (vim users: set expandtab in your .vimrc). Second, there should be no parentheses around the value passed to return: return 4, not return (4); Third, empty lines - if used sparingly - are ok even with a method body. - Godmar