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Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console

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From	Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject	Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console
Date	Tue, 9 Apr 2013 23:04:43 +0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:39:49 -0300, Arved Sandstrom wrote:

> To the latter point, I have no problem working with another programmer's
> style if it's clear and makes sense. If I have been called upon to make
> minor mods, I adopt the style.
>
Can't agree more. If you're modifying a program, use the style it was 
written in unless its an impossible one.

I've seen some gross violations of this rule: a maintenance coder (who I 
never met) called Ken Eagle had changed: if he needed extra variables he 
invariably used KEN[0-9] for numeric variables and EAGLE[0-9] for 
alphanumeric variables.

It was [ahem] character-forming to maintain programs that Ken Eagle had 
made changes to.

I've not seen a Java program that has been mutilated in this fashion yet, 
but there nothing to stop this sort of idiocy being applied to Java code. 

-- 
martin@   | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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Inserting Multiple Lines from Console subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-04-08 06:59 -0700
  Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-04-08 17:04 +0200
    Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-04-08 14:10 -0700
      Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-04-08 15:10 -0700
        Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console x@x.com (znôrt) - 2013-04-09 01:08 +0200
          Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-04-08 17:59 -0700
            Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console x@x.com (znôrt) - 2013-04-09 08:46 +0200
            Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-04-09 05:39 -0300
              Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-04-09 23:04 +0000
              Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console x@x.com (znôrt) - 2013-04-10 19:45 +0200
                Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-04-10 14:43 -0400
                Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2013-04-11 11:11 -0700
                Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-04-11 15:05 -0400
  Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-04-08 16:21 +0100
  Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-04-08 09:56 -0700
  Re: Inserting Multiple Lines from Console lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-04-09 08:28 +0100

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