From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200203102215.WAA07512@localhost.localdomain> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Cc: steve@localhost.localdomain Subject: Re: [9fans] samuel In-Reply-To: Message from Andrew Simmons of "Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:17:07 +1300." <3.0.6.32.20020311091707.00998010@pop3.clear.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Steve Kilbane Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 22:15:17 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 63546bdc-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > If, however, they find that style > ugly and distracting (and maybe I'm the only one who does) but do it > anyway, because it allows then to find the function definition using grep, > then maybe the tail has started to wag the dog a little, and it's time to > consider extending the toolkit? I think it goes both ways. The advantage of formatting source this way is that it works with a large subset of tools, rather than just one that's been extended. It's a simple convention with a significant benefit. I don't see it as being any different from having the compiler output error messages in a form which can be processed by acme button-clicks. steve