[petsc-dev] I hate this one

[Matthew Knepley]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> You don't like the idea of whitespace in the diff or you don't like having
> a space after if, while, and for? If the former, tell did to ignore
> whitespace. If the latter, get over it.
>
There is no getting over this. This is exactly why people hate these
standards. Prescribing a few, coarse
features is fine and improves readability. Specifying the tiniest details
is senseless and intrusive fascism.

  Matt


> On Jan 21, 2013 8:10 AM, "Matthew Knepley" <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I thought we agreed that some of this is not crucial. I can't
>>>> stand this in my code. Hate Hate Hate.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh come on, three "Hate"s over using standard spacing (K&R and most
>>> other style guidelines)? Consist code formatting is good.
>>>
>>
>> This is foolish consistency. Style *guidelines* are supposed to be that.
>> I can't stand looking at this.
>>
>>    Matt
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://bitbucket.org/petsc/petsc-dev/commits/cf69a5905ee4
>>>>
>>>>   Matt
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>>>> experiments lead.
>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>> experiments lead.
>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>
>


-- 
What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
experiments lead.
-- Norbert Wiener
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