Re: lynx-dev code indentation style (was "JUSTIFY") - warning, "religious" topic...

[T.E.Dickey]

> >     #if foo 
> >             if (x) 
> >     #else 
> >             if (y) 
> >     #endif 
> >             { 
> >  
> > so I can use the curly-brace matching in the editor.  But it's a simple 
> > check, so I can miss some cases. 
>  
> And it's a Good Thing, and helps with emacs too. 
> (Most useful for M-C-f, M-C-b, M-C-p, M-C-n type commands that move 
> over balanced expressions.) 

yes (I agree it looks odd to split things this way, but the usefulness
outweighs the occasional nit).

-- my check is to run c_count (my ftp area), where I've added a rough
check for balancing the curly braces over each file.  (So I may miss
odd cases where unbalancing cancels out - but they're even rarer).
  
> The Lynx code formatting style is what I'm used to, please don't change 
> it, and certainly don't change the formatting of existing code. 
> (I know you weren't planning to.) 

no problem (it's a workable format; your patches almost always fit it).
  
>    Klaus 


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