[Pki-devel] code formatting on the trunk

[Adam Young]

On 11/18/2011 03:51 PM, Ade Lee wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> One of the things that came up recently is the idea of doing an
> automatic reformatting of the code to match the project's coding
> standards (after they have been reviewed).  This would provide a nice,
> clean basis on which any future development would occur - and by setting
> up eclipse appropriately, any new code could be assured to follow the
> coding standards.
>
> So if we do this, I'd like to do it as soon as possible so that future
> changes are not obscured.
>
> A couple of concerns:
> 1. Once this is done on the trunk, merges of code fixes from the 8.X
> branch to trunk will be much more difficult - in fact they may all be
> manual.
> 2. Auto-reformatting may actually result in code that is less readable
> in some cases.   That is, in some cases, the developer deliberately
> formatted things in such a way as to improve readability.
> 3. We may make it more difficult to track history on the trunk.  But
> this is mitigated by the fact that history is present on the 8.x branch.
>
> The alternative is to just ensure coding standards are met in any new
> code added.
>
> What does everyone think?
>
> Ade
>
>
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I'm all for it.