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Re: C++ coding standards (was: [C++] PATCH to reduce code replication in error.c)
- To: nathan at cs dot bris dot ac dot uk
- Subject: Re: C++ coding standards (was: [C++] PATCH to reduce code replication in error.c)
- From: gdr at codesourcery dot com
- Date: 21 Sep 1999 12:46:01 +0200
- Cc: Jason Merrill <jason at cygnus dot com>, gdr at codesourcery dot com, mark at codesourcery dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
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Nathan Sidwell <nathan@acm.org> writes:
| Jason Merrill wrote:
| > Whereas IMHO, consistency with Stroustrup isn't a sufficiently strong
| > argument to depart from the GNU conventions. This comes down to a
| > judgement call, about which we seem to disagree.
| >
| > What do other people think?
| I prefer `int *thing' etc, but then I also prefer `int const *thing',
| (if anybody really wants to know why
| http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~nathan/programming/looney.html#modifier)
|
| I think we should stick with the current placement, if needs be we can
| always add a `TS_STROUSTRUP' formatting flag!
OK.
-- Gaby