[Mono-list] Class Library coding standards

[Jason Diamond]

Given that it's impossible to get developers to agree on a universal coding
standard, the only approach that I find that reasonably comes close to
keeping things consistent is to follow the standards of the file you happen
to be editing. We're all capable of doing this. If we add some code in a
style that's different than the code around it, it will look funny to our
brains--even if the surrounding code isn't our own personal style. So we can
either reformat the entire file or get over it.

Jason.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com]On
> Behalf Of Sean MacIsaac
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:45 PM
> To: mono-list@ximian.com
> Subject: [Mono-list] Class Library coding standards
>
>
> Hello,
>
> First of all, thanks to everyone who has submitted code.  Things are
> coming along very nicely.  Miguel and I are soon going to figure out
> what classes we'll need to get the compiler going so that we can put
> priority into them (and move the whole tool chain to Linux!)
>
> I'd like to throw out the coding standards we'd like to have in the
> class libraries.  There is still some room to maneuver within these
> guidelines.  Given that, please follow the style already in a file if
> you edit it.
>
> * We'd like to see 8 space tabs.  If you leave the tab character, that
> is also fine.
>
> * The opening brace following a namespace, class, struct, enum, property
> or flow control unit should be at the end of the declaration line.
>
> * The opening brace for a function should be on the line following the
> function.
>
> * Please use white space around operators and a space between function
> names and their parameters.
>
> Example:
>
> namepace CIR {
>         public class BoolLiteral : Literal {
>                 bool val;
>
>                 public BoolLiteral (bool val)
>                 {
>                         this.val = val;
>                 }
>
>                 override public string AsString ()
>                 {
>                         return val ? "true" : "false";
>                 }
>
>                 public bool foo ()
> 		{
> 			if (bar (5) > 10) {
> 				val = false;
> 				return false;
> 			} else {
> 				val = true;
> 				return true;
> 			}
> 		}
>
>                 public bool literal {
>                         get {
>                                 return val;
>                         }
>                         set {
>                                 val = value;
>                         }
>         }
> }
>
>
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