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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Searching online "indent" |
| Date | 2015-06-04 18:02 -0400 |
| Organization | Self |
| Message-ID | <5570CAE3.4090108@verizon.net> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <20150604125943.8fa4c0b46f4ab3a05bda7d8f@gmail.com> <87oakvnwlk.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <beautifier-20150604205721@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <mkqgds$kau$1@speranza.aioe.org> <comments-20150604235147@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> |
On 06/04/2015 05:52 PM, Stefan Ram wrote: > Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> writes: [Reinstate clipped material] > On 6/4/15 1:58 PM, Stefan Ram wrote: >> Yeah. I want to totally neutralize any formatting decision >> made by the original author. That is, two source codes that >> have the same sequence of tokens but were formatted by >> different authors should give the same result. [end reinstatement] >> does that mean discarding all comments? > > Comments should be retained and even handled with care > as their meaning might depend on their formatting. > So, comments should be changed as little as possible. Note: the standard considers comments to be white space, rather than tokens, so two files can have the same sequence of tokens even if they are commented differently. Therefore, you'll need to make appropriate changes to your description of the desired behavior.
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Re: Searching online "indent" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-04 15:54 +1200
Re: Searching online "indent" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 07:22 -0700
Re: Searching online "indent" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 08:55 -0700
Re: Searching online "indent" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 09:35 -0700
Re: Searching online "indent" Etienne Prud'homme <e.e.f.prudhomme@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 12:59 -0400
Re: Searching online "indent" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-04 19:43 +0100
Re: Searching online "indent" Etienne <e.e.f.prudhomme@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 15:09 -0400
Re: Searching online "indent" James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-04 16:52 -0400
Re: Searching online "indent" Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-06-04 16:37 -0500
Re: Searching online "indent" James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-04 18:02 -0400
Re: Searching online "indent" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-04 23:37 +0100
Re: Searching online "indent" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:23 +1200
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