The libstdc++ testsuite

Steinar Bang sb@metis.no
Sun Jul 8 04:32:00 GMT 2001


>>>>> Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>:

>> Yes, a third question, now that I'm on a roll.  What is the policy
>> about reformatting existing source to match the C++STYLE
>> guidelines? I find consistently formatted code much (much) easier
>> to deal with, especially in the depths of templated stuff.  Trouble
>> is none of the SGI code follows the guidelines, or apparently any
>> guidelines, and reformatting can mean changing every line in a
>> file.  Years of being scolded (and in turn, scolding) have made me
>> hesitate to do this, but it sure is nice once it's done.  Should I
>> or shouldn't I?

> You should. I've been doing it for all the files I touch. Most of
> the string, locale, and io are formatted (more or less) correctly
> WRT C++STYLE.

I thought the plan was to keep SGI STL as virgin as possible, to
leverage updates and bugfixes done by SGI?  What happens the next time
you drop in a fresh STL from SGI?  Or won't you ever again?



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