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Re: [RFA] Darwin/x86 port (v4 - part 1/4: machoread.c)
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:47:22AM -0800, Stan Shebs wrote:
> The whole space-or-no-space issue is so pedantic I can barely type this
> message :-) , but the reality is that if you complicate the rules to
> allow some exceptions, it opens the door to interminable debates over
> whether this or that construct is exception-worthy. We minimize the time
> we spend thinking about this by just having the one simple rule that
> mechanically applies to everything.
The coding standards are practically a set of codified exceptions
anyway :-) Like I said, whichever others prefer - I found this
style more readable at the time but it may have been the wrong thing
to do.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery