Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 16243 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2006 16:06:21 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 28 Nov 2006 16:06:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 18988 invoked by uid 500); 28 Nov 2006 16:06:23 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-dev-archive@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 18922 invoked by uid 500); 28 Nov 2006 16:06:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@tomcat.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Tomcat Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 18887 invoked by uid 99); 28 Nov 2006 16:06:23 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:06:23 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.133.199.10] (HELO jimsys.jagunet.com) (209.133.199.10) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:06:10 -0800 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jimsys.jagunet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADB73273A7E for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:05:50 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <456C5954.4040502@apache.org> References: <456C3C5E.9060101@apache.org> <456C3FAB.3030501@apache.org> <456C4508.50409@apache.org> <456C467E.7000609@apache.org> <456C4985.8070909@apache.org> <456C5954.4040502@apache.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <98E53EFE-2C0F-45E0-B370-1301DB1AB7C4@jaguNET.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jim Jagielski Subject: Re: [TC6] Minimum coding style Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:05:49 -0500 To: "Tomcat Developers List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Nov 28, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Remy Maucherat wrote: > Jim Jagielski wrote: >> On Nov 28, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Mladen Turk wrote: >>> Remy Maucherat wrote: >>>> -1 for enforcing any coding style (except tabs, since it can >>>> make code unreadable very easily). >>>> >>> >>> You must be joking, right? >>> >> One hopes... > > Why ? Coding styles exist to *help* make code more readable by being more consistent. I'm a firm believer in the One True Tab, but I lost that battle loooong ago :) In any case, I agree that patches that have maybe 90% of the diffs due to such formatting changes make it awfully hard to figure out just what the heck in going on. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@tomcat.apache.org