[vtk-developers] PROPOSAL: Changing VTK's indentation style

[David Gobbi]

+1


On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:14 AM, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
wrote:

> +1
>
>
>
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Berk Geveci <berk.geveci at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> What would you think of changing VTK's indentation style from:
>>
>> if ()
>>   {
>>   // ..
>>   }
>>
>> to
>>
>> if ()
>> {
>>   // ...
>> }
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Our current style (modified Whitesmiths I am told) is used only by very
>> few projects,
>> mostly related to VTK ones (ITK, CMake). It is poorly supported by some
>> of the newer editors
>> that are widely popular (Sublime, TextMate etc.) and IMO foreign to the
>> new generation
>> C++ developers.
>>
>> The style I propose is modified Allman style - with indentation changed
>> from 4 to 2 spaces.
>> It is much more common.
>>
>> If approved by the community, we would change VTK wholesale. This should
>> not be
>> an issue for history as git blame/annotate can be told to skip white
>> spaces.
>>
>> Best,
>> -berk
>>
>
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