RE: [Nant-users] Off-Topic: Coding Conventions & Code Complete by McConnell

2004-01-20 Thread Jarrod Moore
CTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Reed Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Nant-users] Off-Topic: Coding Conventions & Code Complete by McConnell [How strange that such simple words have launched holy wars... :] All things considered (wit

RE: [Nant-users] Off-Topic: Coding Conventions & Code Complete by McConnell

2004-01-19 Thread Jarrod Moore
sapointed to not find the reasoning in there. if (isTrue) { DoThis(); } else { DoThat(); } -Original Message- From: Cromwell, Ryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 9:39 AM To: Jarrod Moore; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Nant-users] Off-Topic: Co

RE: [Nant-users] Off-Topic: Coding Conventions & Code Complete by McConnell

2004-01-19 Thread David Reed
[How strange that such simple words have launched holy wars... :] All things considered (with regards to curly placement), it's far more important that everybody in the shop do the same thing than it is specifically what you do. All of the research on bug-hunting and maintenance prove decisively

RE: [Nant-users] Off-Topic: Coding Conventions & Code Complete by McConnell

2004-01-19 Thread Cromwell, Ryan
Blah - I used to be of the "compactness" mindset as well. Then I remembered something my dad would always bombard me with when I was in math class as a kid. "Write everything out!" I used to think he was just old, but then I got my report card and no longer had any ammo against his request.