leech@homer.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) (11/20/90)
In article <6741@uceng.UC.EDU> dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes: >Since these two programmers disagree about a detail which is easy >to embed in a beautifier program, since it depends only on syntax, >then a beautifier program should be able to mediate the style >disagreement, and allow each programmer to view the other's code >consistently with personal preference. Interesting consequences for revision control systems may arise with such an approach. -- Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/ ``God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.'' - Billy Graham
aglew@crhc.uiuc.edu (Andy Glew) (11/30/90)
>Since these two programmers disagree about a detail which is easy >to embed in a beautifier program, since it depends only on syntax, >then a beautifier program should be able to mediate the style >disagreement, and allow each programmer to view the other's code >consistently with personal preference. Interesting consequences for revision control systems may arise with such an approach. -- Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/ Why? If all program text can be massaged by the beautifier, run all text through the beautifier to some "standard" setting before checking in. -- Andy Glew, a-glew@uiuc.edu [get ph nameserver from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu:net/qi]