[vtk-developers] style : Holiday greetings and a present of VTK4.0

[John Biddiscombe]

>David Gobbi <dgobbi at irus.rri.on.ca> wrote...

>Changing the coding style now would be a pain... actually filtering
>all the files into a new style wouldn't be too bad, but cvs diffs between

I would not advocate changing all existing files. Merely relaxing the 
restrictions on current style so that we could write code a little more 
legibly and contribute it.

>"Miller, James V (CRD)" <millerjv at crd.ge.com> wrote...

>Regardless of the what style is used, I think it is very important for the 
>style to consistent.  VTK has a wide spectrum of users.  From the most 
>experienced programmers to those that barely understand what an object is.

I can understand this point of view, but I do not believe that people 
should always travel at the pace of the slowest. I actually believe the 
current style hinders a good understanding of the code because of wasted 
space. I'm also not convinced that even a beginner would have much real 
difficulty in assimilating if statements of the style I proposed earlier.

Anyway. I've been voted the weakest link.

Goodbye ;)

JB