Re: Objective C coding style

[Samuel Bronson]

On Jul 12, 2012, at 5:15 AM, Jan Djärv wrote:

> Hello.
>
> 12 jul 2012 kl. 03:15 skrev Samuel Bronson:
>
> > I've noticed that the Objective C code of the NeXTstep port doesn't  
> > have a very consistent style.  I expect this is something to do  
> > with the fact that (standards.info) doesn't cover Objective C.   
> > Would it be appropriate to adopt the GNUstep coding style?
>
> How does that style look?  Is it "compatible" with the GNU C-style,  
> for example w.r.t. braces?

Yes.  The GNUstep coding standards make normative reference to the GNU  
coding standards, summarize some of the more important rules, and lay  
down rules regarding the additional constructs and namespaces found in  
Objective C.

For example, they dictate where the whitespace should go in method  
signatures, how message expressions may be indentented, and how  
classes and methods are to be named.  There are a few GNUstep-specific  
rules (like prefixing GNUstep-only class names with GS), but those are  
easy to spot and ignore.

You can take a look at <http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/Developer/CodingStandards/coding-standards.pdf 
>, or at <http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/Developer/CodingStandards/coding-standards_3.html 
> and <http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/Developer/CodingStandards/coding-standards_7.html 
>.