Re: Indenting the source

Ed Beroset wrote:
> I think you may misunderstand the difference.  The -ci8 is just the 
> *continuation* indent, meaning a single long line of code is wrapped and 
> indented by 8.  The -i4 means that the normal indentation is still 4, as 
> we both have indicated we prefer.  Most of the code seems to be in that 
> style already.
>
> Also, by preferring -lp instead of -nlp, you actually leave less room 
> for comments, not more.  The example statements above illustrate both of 
> these points.  The -lp version has the function arguments lined up 
> vertically, and the -nlp -ci8 just indents the second line by 8 spaces 
> instead as many as it takes to line up the parameters.

Ah yes.  I really want the arguments to line up, even though it makes 
less room for comments.  Otherwise it looks like a hanging statement 
(like a braceless if.)

What I got confused by was that your example had a space between the 
function name and the parenthesis.  That space is a very bad thing in my 
opinion.

        -hpa


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