Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 1 Dec 2001 18:53:12 +0100 | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: Coding style - a non-issue |
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:06:43PM -0800, Paul G. Allen wrote:
[snip] > A person shouldn't _need_ a decent editor to pick out the beginning/end > of a code block (or anything else for that matter). The problem is > exacerbated when such a block contains other blocks and quickly picking > out where each begins/ends becomes tiresome. I _do_ have excellent > editors, IDEs, and source code browsers and have used many different > kinds in many different jobs. They still can not replace what the human > eye and mind perceive.
Uhhhm, knowing when a code block begins? Usually you'll notice this from the indentation. It's quite hard not to notice a tabsized shift to the right...
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