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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 06:23:21 -0500 (CDT)
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Joshua Landau wrote:
> 
> To explain, I tend to take the "HTML" form of alignment by wrapping:
> 
> open stuff stuff stuff close
> 
> to
> 
> open
>     stuff
>     stuff
>     stuff
> close

Depending on how much 'stuff' I have, I, for one, prefer a third:

open stuff
      stuff
      stuff
     close


Which then makes it 1) fairly easy to read, 2) fairly easy to extend.

Of course it could just be that I'm used to that style - our brains are 
wired weird.


-W
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