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From: Boyd Roberts <boyd@strakt.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Coding layout query
Date: Fri,  8 Mar 2002 17:18:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C88E439.7B319187@strakt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020308114929.009a27f0@pop3.clear.net.nz>

Andrew Simmons wrote:
> int
> nurdge(int a)
> ...
>
> whereas in the header file, the return type is on the same line:
> 
> int     nurdge(int)
> 

The contexts are different.  I think both styles improve readability.

However, prototypes should never have been invented.

brucee's cyntax et al were much better ideas.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-03-08 16:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-07 22:49 Andrew Simmons
2002-03-08  9:59 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2002-03-08  9:59 ` ozan s. yigit
2002-03-08 16:18 ` Boyd Roberts [this message]
2002-03-07 22:54 bwc
2002-03-08 13:18 presotto

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