From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Mitchell To: tej@melbpc.org.au Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Coding convention: use of `!x' vs. `! x' Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:44:00 -0000 Message-id: <20000922214424U.mitchell@codesourcery.com> References: <969652582.12981.ezmlm@gcc.gnu.org> <39CBDE30.2B57A922@melbpc.org.au> X-SW-Source: 2000-09/msg00557.html >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Josling writes: Tim> Before adding new standards I think it would be better to Tim> have the existing standards followed more closely eg comments Tim> and meaningful variable names. At present these are the major Tim> hurdles in front of anyone wanting to help with GCC. In Tim> particular the configure/make files are a major 'swamp of no Tim> return'. I don't think it's either/or. I would love to see the Makefiles improved. I actually looked at this stuff a few months back, and couldn't quite do what I wanted to do -- which was to move a lot more stuff to configure time, instead of Makefile evaluation time. Tim> Maybe it is deliberable to stop people who don't know what Tim> they are doing from getting involved. It's not. It is unfortunate, though, that things got to the state they're in. Tim> Are there any programs to test for FSF standards compliance, Tim> realizing that full checking is not possible, you could check Tim> quite a lot. I don't know of any such programs. -- Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com CodeSourcery, LLC http://www.codesourcery.com