Re: Code formatter

[Trevor Daniels]

Chris Snyder wrote Friday, November 13, 2009 4:35 PM
>

> Graham Percival wrote:
> > I know that you're thinking "this is ridiculous", but unless
> > somebody does it, newbies will continue to face this difficulty.
> > This job won't get done by itself.
>
> Yes, I do think it's ridiculous. As I understand, you're saying, 
> "go find a tool that makes the code conform to a standard we 
> haven't defined yet."

Chris is right: if progress is to be made the rules
must be defined first.  They can be defined
incrementally; in fact some already exist.  If we
can't agree on the rules there is little point in
searching for a tool.

Trevor