Re: [Bug-gnubg] open-brace style suggestion

[Jim Segrave]

On Mon 01 Sep 2003 (12:33 +0900), TAKAHASHI Kaoru wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have suggestion as to style of open-brace that starts the body
> of a C function.
> 
> I'm using Emacs.  I frequently used M-x beginning-of-defun (C-M-a)
> for jump to beginning of function, and M-x add-change-log-entry
> for write ChangeLog.  These command good work in gnubg/export.c,
> But doesn't work in some other gnubg source.  Because, Emacs look
> for open-braces in column zero to find the beginnings of C
> functions.
> 
> Would you give me permission that change open-brace in *.c to
> export.c style?

I personally don't mind if *new* code or new functions is written
using this convention. I would be strongly opposed to altering the
current source simply to supply this. That would create an enormous
load of changes in CVS simply to supply a single editor function. I've
used emacs for years and almost never encounter code with this
particular style, yet I've never been bothered by it.

I do like getting the function names to start in the first column,
because it makes grepping for the instantiation easier, but even
that's not a big issue.

If you want a quick way to get to functions - have a look at etags and
the emacs info file. This will give you better navigation without
needing to make a large number of source changes.

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Jim Segrave           address@hidden