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Re: Indentation styles

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On 14/05/2013 03:16, Stefan Ram allegedly wrote:
> Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> writes:
>> To my limited knowledge Java is the only language whose originating
>> vendor publishes an "official" formatting standard.
> 
>       »By convention, method names should be a verb in
>       lowercase or a multi-word name that begins with a verb
>       in lowercase, followed by adjectives, nouns, etc.«
> 
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methods.html
> 
>   The followers thus should write:
> 
> calculateSquareroot( calculateSquare( x )+ calculateSquare( y ))
> 
>   . Now, Rob Pike has the correct guidelines for us:
> 
>       »Procedure names should reflect what they do;
>       function names should reflect what they return.«
> 
> http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/pikestyle.html
> 
>   , thus:
> 
> print( square( 2 ))

square( x ) creates a two-dimensional square with x pixel side length,
right?

>   . »print« is a procedure, »square« is a function.
>   Life can be so simple.
> 
>   Thus, one cannot reasonably follow all the Oracle
>   guidelines.

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Re: Indentation styles Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-05-07 17:56 +0200
  Re: Indentation styles lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-05-07 17:39 +0100
    Re: Indentation styles Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2013-05-07 13:35 -0700
      Re: Indentation styles Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-05-07 21:29 +0000
        Re: Indentation styles Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-08 17:56 -0300
          Re: Indentation styles Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-12 22:07 -0400
            Re: Indentation styles Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2013-05-13 11:02 -0700
              Re: Indentation styles Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-13 19:04 -0400
                Re: Indentation styles Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 17:34 -0700
                Re: Indentation styles Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 17:44 -0700
                Re: Indentation styles lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-05-14 09:26 +0100
                Re: Indentation styles Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 10:23 -0700
                Re: Indentation styles Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-17 19:43 -0400
                Re: Indentation styles Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-17 19:42 -0400
                Re: Indentation styles Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-13 20:53 -0400
                Re: Indentation styles Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-05-14 13:07 +0200
                Re: Indentation styles Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-15 18:47 -0300
                Re: Indentation styles Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-05-16 05:28 +0200
                Re: Indentation styles Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-17 19:44 -0300
                Re: Indentation styles Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2013-05-26 20:35 +0300
      Re: Indentation styles Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-05-08 00:00 +0200
      Re: Indentation styles Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2013-05-08 11:12 -0700
  Re: Indentation styles Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-05-07 23:57 +0200

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