[Javaweb-people] Re: gcj vs classpath merge status

[Etienne M. Gagnon]

Nic Ferrier wrote:

> In other words all brackets have a space in front of them except
> method invocations.
>
> This is very useful coz it means you can search for method
> declerations by name quite easily.


Isn't etags meant for this? I dislike somewhat the assymmetry of your proposal.

> However, since we are supposed to all code to a style it would be
> useful if we all agreed on something.


It is simpler to have an automated tool; then you can (a) change idea, and (b) 
reindent all the code according to the new idea by simply changing a switch on 
the command line...

> What I said a while ago was that if we all agreed on something then
> I would happily update indent so that we can use it. It might take me
> a while but I will do it (partly to learn about indent).


I think that indent is not the right approach, here.  Java, unlike C/C++, has a 
clean syntax.  So you can build a "real parser" for it, and thus have a 
**robust** indenter that handles **all** cases precisely.  If I had time, I 
would write a robust indenter in Java using SableCC, but I do not have the time...

> So perhaps we should have a discussion here, because this is where all
> the GNU-Java people are supposed to be.
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> Nic


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