Re: what is 'outline mode'?

Jani Averbach <jaa@cc.jyu.fi> writes:
> * wearing my asbestos suit...
>
> Why on the earth gnu-style has been chosen to default coding style?

Now, why would you ask a question like that :-) ? The same question
could be asked with any style substituted for "gnu-". People's tastes
differ.

Anyway, the answer is that a significant majority of developers (at
the time) preferred it. I don't know if it's still a majority,
though, let alone a significant one.

(Note that we're not strictly gnu-style. We've made an exception for
what is probably the most controversial element of gnu-style, the
space-before-open-paren thing. We try to keep each file consistent,
but within that, it's up to whoever wrote the initial bulk of code.)

HTH,
-K

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Received on Fri Nov 1 17:04:48 2002