Re: Indentation style: public/private/protected/case
On 2007-10-21 12:03, Kenneth Porter wrote:
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.
Select an editor that can auto-indent the code and use the standard that
it uses. Indentation wars are stupid, there are a few styles that are
hard to read but most are just that, styles. For that reason you should
select a style that is supported by your editor, that way you do not
have to worry about it.
--
Erik Wikstr??m
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