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

[Scott, W Alan]

I have never liked the current indent style, and have always used and liked the one you propose.

Alan

From: vtk-developers [mailto:vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org] On Behalf Of Berk Geveci
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 7:09 AM
To: VTK Developers
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [vtk-developers] PROPOSAL: Changing VTK's indentation style

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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