Why?? (prog question)

[Chuck Robey]

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Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Chuck Robey <chuckr at telenix.org> writes:
> 
>> The only real sin is not sticking to one style per project.
> 
> Or at *least* per file.

Umm, no, per project.  Folks are too pushed into errors when a project has 29
different styles.  I don't like folks who try to make rules for the entire world
(and they do, you know it and I know it) but it is a big help in making all
stuff inside one project be formatted the same.  I could really easily give you
obvious examples of where this is needed (consider the include files for a
source file).  Yes, certainly, there are exceptions to this, but it's correct
(being per project) in the huge majority of cases, right?

Maybe I don't have enough trust in some folks, that they'll make the right
decision.  About 1/3 of the folks I used to teach C to, I had to drop, because
they couldn't (wouldn't) accept the need to stay with a style, and that was only
my rules (in teaching) per file.  If I can't get that percentage of folks to
appreciate things, I guess I just don't trust everyone to make sense on this.

I had some real arguments from some people on this, it makes me sure that they
were serious, not just looking to stop what had turned out to be a boring
subject for themselves.
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