[Bioperl-l] Bio::Tree development

Chris Fields cjfields at uiuc.edu
Fri Jan 19 20:16:07 UTC 2007


On Jan 19, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Sendu Bala wrote:
...
>
>> * General code cleanup
>> Making sure everything is indented according to some standard. I've
>> seen previously that there doesn't seem to be any real standard for
>> how BioPerl code should look like. I would think that it would be a
>> lot clearer to understand lots of the code if it was indented
>> properly. As it is now, the indentation depth changes between 2,3 and
>> 4 within the same file even.
>
> My own personal preference is an indent of 4 spaces.
...

Mine as well.  Some people also use tabs vs spaces (I prefer  
spaces).  However, I think (Johan) you'll be hard-pressed to force a  
standard there.

You're always welcome to run it through perltidy prior to commits!

chris



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