Back to the issue... (was RE: Squeak coding style...)

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Mon Mar 8 21:57:33 UTC 2004


> What I meant is that I am asking if we should set up a few rules and
> what they in that case should be. And AFAICT you are as a response
> pointing out the dangers of piling rules on top of each other. I just
> felt *that* was a tad strong reaction when I was just asking for a few
> rules especially since we don't have *any* right now.

That is not true. We have lots of rules that are in effect, they are just
not written down. Just three examples with respect to small [FIX]es:

#1: If you post a fix, make sure that it does address the problem.
#2: If you post a fix, make sure it doesn't break the rest of the system.
#3: If you post a fix, don't add a dozen classes which have nothing to do
with the fix.

If you violate any of the above rules, your fix will be rejected in its
current form. That these rules aren't written down doesn't mean they aren't
in effect. So we have rules, *lots* of them. They are simply so natural to
us that we hardly ever think about them as "rules".

Cheers,
  - Andreas




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