Re: [lmi] A matter of style

[Greg Chicares]

On 2007-2-23 12:36 UTC, Greg Chicares wrote:
>
>> switch(*i)
>>     {
>>     case '\n': {*j++ = ';';} break;
>>     case '\r': {           } break;
>>     case '\t': {*j++ = ' ';} break;
>>     default  : {*j++ =  *i;}
>>     }
> 
> "Replace newline with semicolon;
> drop carriage return; and
> replace tab with space; but
> ignore anything else."

- ignore anything else."
+ pass through anything else unchanged."

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| Direct expression of concepts in code
| is much better than annotation in comments.
|
| Good comments do not replicate information
| already clearly visible in code
|
| Obvious code is harmed by commenting