[ODE] Standard for formatting the code ?

[Jean de Largentaye]

Oh god, no. Not Formatting Wars! Not here! Please!
ODE is coded in C/C++, which doesn't inforce any specific formatting
rules, so there will inherently be formatting disagreements. Drop it.
There are a myriad of tools that allow you to automatically format
your C/C++ code conformingly to your preferences (I have "indent" on a
Sun system, offhand). If you don't like ODE's style, take a few
minutes to find a learn such a tool, then apply it to your downloaded
ODE source.

John

On 4/11/06, The Sukender <suky0001 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I agree there are many "standards" for formatting code... but I'm afraid I
> disagree with you (John Miles) : tabs are better that spaces, it's not a
> matter of RAM/hard drive ! Because anyone who would like to indent more (or
> less) can do it with a reasonable editor (VisualStudio, DevC++, vi, emacs,
> eclipse...) by adjusting tab size (as long as you do not mix tabs and spaces
> !). Moreover, tabs are *designed* to indent... It's simple as this ! ;)
>
> About line endings... well, I'm not as assertive as for tabs, but I think
> unix-style should be the standard (even as a Windows dev !), simply because
> SVN (or CVS) uses it internally. Anyway, your editor should be able to read
> transparently any line endings style. The problem that SVN updates sometimes
> result in files with mixed line-endings... (Here it could be interseting
> using parameters on SVN client to automatically switch to DOS/Unix/Mac-style
> endings).
>
> Sukender
>
>
> >Actually, it's always somewhat irritating to see Unix-style formatting in a
> >source file.  Come on, guys, spend one byte per line to include a
> >linefeed... and no tabs, please.  It's no longer 1979, and 4116s are about
> >a
> >nickel apiece on eBay nowadays, if your system needs a RAM upgrade.
>
>
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