[Biojava-dev] Biojava3-Core

Wed May 12 23:34:22 UTC 2010

Eclipse has code style templates. Are they based on a standard that
can be shared between IDEs? if yes the easiest would be to define such
a template and make everybody use it....

Andreas

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Spencer Bliven <sbliven at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Regarding diff tools, I think all the major tools ignore whitespace if you
> set up the options right. In eclipse, this can be changed by right clicking.
> For diff, use 'diff -b'. for svn, use 'svn diff -x -b'. Meld (linux) and
> FileMerge (mac) also can easily switch back and forth. I assume the same is
> true in netbeans, although I've never used it.
>
> That said, a good diff tool won't prevent the annoyance of trying to read
> code with inconsistent whitespace. Lets set a standard (I like 4 spaces too)
> and all agree to stick to it. Setting up pre-commit hooks in SVN seems like
> it's usually more trouble than its worth (
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1017953?tab=votes#tab-top).
>
> -Spencer
>
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:56 AM, Andy Yates <ayates at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> I can say that the Eclipse diff tool does care about whitespace and I'm
>> quite sure that the Unix diff cares about it as well. I can't say anything
>> about Netbeans since I haven't used it in years.
>>
>> With all the best respect if the formatting rules say 4 spaces per
>> indentation & code comes in not behaving in that manner then it'll be
>> reformatted. This is nothing against the person who does the commits just
>> they should be aware that it _could_ happen. I should say my personal
>> preference is 2 spaces per indentation; I am flexible about this & will go
>> with what the majority agree. That said if I'm being flexible about it I
>> hope others will be as well.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On 12 May 2010, at 12:41, LAW Andrew wrote:
>>
>> > I think the main thing should be for each of us to find a diff tool that
>> doesn't care about whitespace. The other stuff (camelCase, use of braces
>> [ALWAYS!!!], splitting lines) are more important and can/should be defined
>> but if you tell me that we must use 2 spaces to indent and my editor of
>> choice uses a tab then I'm probably not going to listen to you in all
>> practical situations.
>> >
>> > Not being awkward, just pragmatic.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12 May 2010, at 12:26, Andy Yates wrote:
>> >
>> >> So long as they are documented then developers shouldn't complain when
>> their formatting changes. I just want to avoid a situation like now with
>> Scooter's check-in which has a lot of formatting changes so the code changes
>> are quite hard to pick out.
>> >>
>> >> I've gone and started a page about conventions and have started a
>> discussion. Once we are agreed on what should go into the conventions then
>> they will migrate to the wiki page.
>> >>
>> >> Andy
>> >>
>> >> On 12 May 2010, at 12:09, LAW Andrew wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 12 May 2010, at 11:52, Richard Holland wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I see a need for a formal coding style here, regardless of what
>> platform people are using. Taking Netbeans as a basis is a good start but it
>> needs to be documented for contributors to read and follow, then enforced
>> across the whole project.
>> >>>
>> >>> Absolutely. But the pain in making <insert favourite tool name here>
>> use those conventions can be numbing.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Later,
>> >>>
>> >>> Andy
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>> >
>> > Later,
>> >
>> > Andy
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