[squeak-dev] Re: The Inbox: Compiler-cmm.179.mcz
Chris Muller
asqueaker at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 17:11:20 UTC 2016
Agree. :)
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:21 AM, marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> I would call this rather "different" than "improved". I think that we would
> benefit from a configurable pretty printer. There are a bunch of acceptable
> Smalltalk code styles out there. There is no such thing as the one best
> formatting.
>
> For example, I do prefer this style
>
> somePredicate
> ifTrue: [
> something.
> something]
> ifFalse: [
> something.
> something].
>
> ... over this style:
>
> somePredicate
> ifTrue:
> [ something.
> something ]
> ifFalse:
> [ something.
> something ].
>
> Or something like that. Too much spaces. Complicated position of
> parentheses. I can come up a number of reasons. Hence, I think that there
> are many Smalltalkers out there, that also have their own style.
>
> Sometimes this seems even more readable:
>
> somePredicate
> ifTrue: [something. something]
> ifFalse: [something. something].
>
> Sure, we have some official books that suggest some code formatting.
> Personally, I would prefer a configure system where I can read and write the
> code in the way I feel most productive. :-)
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
>
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