Re: [HACKERS] Source code format vote

J. Roeleveld <j.roeleveld@softhome.net>

From: "J. Roeleveld" <j.roeleveld@softhome.net>
To: "Theo Kramer" <theo@flame.co.za>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 1999-12-30T08:14:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > Current votes are:
> >
> > (8)     8-space tabs:   Tom Lane, Peter E., Massimo, Jan, Hiroshi, Peter
M.,
> >                         Michael, Tatsuo
> > (5)     4-space tabs:   Bruce, Andreas, Vince, Vadim, D'Arcy
> >
> >
> >         open bracket on if () line:
> > (7)     yes:    Massimo, Peter, Vince, Tom Lane, Peter M., Marc, Tatsuo
> > (6)     no:     Bruce, Vadim, D'Arcy, Jan, Hiroshi, Michael M.
> >
> > Looks like radical change will come to our source code format for 7.0.
> >
> > Unless someone else speaks up, I will consider this vote closed.  I will
> > modify pgindent to reflect this format the next time it is run.
>
> Don't know if I qualify to vote - but if I do then I vote for 4-space tabs
> (seeing that I often read the code - now if only two-space tabs
> were an option...)

Same here, I prefer 4-space tabs as well, looks much better on standard
screens.
Also I personally prefer the open bracket not to be placed in the if() line.

But I'm not sure if I qualify to vote either, although I do read the code.

Joost Roeleveld