[Development] kdelibs coding style

[Lorn Potter]

On 01/05/2013, at 2:47 AM, Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen at digia.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 09:01:51AM -0700, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> On segunda-feira, 29 de abril de 2013 23.30.59, André Pönitz wrote:
>>> The rules are ok as they are (pretty much as _any_ set of consistently
>>> applied and not-completely-weird rules). Opening them up only leads to
>>> more review bikeshedding.
>>> 
>>> It's not that people actively change coding style in old Qt code, and
>>> there's always the "don't stick to the rules if it makes you look bad"
>>> excuse.
>> 
>> Let's not try to change any of the rules, since this leads to bikeshedding, 
>> like André said. It clearly has already become that.
>> 
> so let's meta-bikeshed instead?
> 
>> So let's just change the interpretation: the "don't stick to the rules" allows 
>> us to accept a slightly different style if that makes it nicer. That should be 
>> enough to apply to the case of braces in single-line ifs.
>> 
> now, that is kinda ridiculous. the cop-out rule exists to justify
> exceptions in corner cases, not to give everyone a free pass for their
> coding style preferences.

If I recall, it was also to give developers a little freedom in their expression.


> on a personal note, while i strongly sympathize with the diff
> minimization philosophy, i also feel quite a dislike for excess braces.
> adding to that the in this case pretty persuasive consideration of the
> status quo, i'd like this discussion to die. NOW.
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Lorn Potter
Senior Software Engineer, QtSensors/QtSensorGestures