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On 11 June 2007 20:48, Matthew Woehlke wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote:
>> [snip]
>> ... because although I really dislike the ...
>> 
>>     if( arg )
>>         x = FuncCall( arg );
> 
> Ok, I guess I'll avoid starting a war here. But, IMO the second line is
> right, and the first line should be 'if ( arg )' :-).

  You do realise that's inconsistent, yeh?
 
> That said, C != English. IMO they are allowed to have different rules
> for where to put spaces. (And... perhaps some people whose native
> language != English find the GNU coding style broken for the same
> reasons you think the alternatives are broken :-).)

  I mentioned the brackets-bind-to-the-right point for a reason: because that
makes it broken in both english /and/ C.

> You mean 'astyle'? :-)

  Shoulda guessed it would have been thought of before :) I'm sure I'm not the
first one to encounter this problem!
 
> /me starts whistling "Triangle Man", as it seems appropriate.

/me starts whistling the Harry Lime theme.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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