Re: Indentation style: public/private/protected/case
"Kenneth Porter" <shiva.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99D01F163D284shivawellcom@216.196.97.136...
I'm un-indenting the constructs mentioned in the subject line to align
with the enclosing braces:
switch (expression)
{
case 1:
statement1;
case 2;
statement2;
default:
defaultstatement;
|
class Class
{
public:
declaration1;
private:
declaration2;
};
I'm finding myself in an edit war with a coworker. (A result of default
editor settings, not a philosophical conflict.) His style is set to
indent the colon-terminated keywords, and then indent the controlled
statements/declarations an additional level.
class Class
{
public:
declaration1;
private:
declaration2;
};
Is there value in the double-indenting style? I find it squeezes out yet
more precious horizontal space without making the code significantly more
readable. Do others find it more readable? What's common practice here?
I just want to establish consistency so that our change control system
doesn't show the whole file changed everytime one of us checks a file in
with different indenting.
I was once in an editing war with a boss. He would indent tabed (8 spaced
tabs) and I would put in 3 spaces. I felt his was hard to read, he felt
mine. Finally, he said, "You leave my code alone, I'll leave your code
alone" and we did.
If you can't agree to agree, at least agree to disagree.
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