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20021212 Thursday December 12, 2002

Code Readability There's a debate taking place at FreeRoller about code readability. Isn't this a non-issue with sweet code formatting tools such as jalopy? I don't think I've cared how my code as looked in months, I just use the formatter. For the record, I prefer one space, not all my variables lined up on one side. Why? If you add a new variable with a long name, you have to adjust the spacing for all your variables - what a pain in the ass. However, Jalopy does offer this type of formatting and will plugin to all your favorite IDEs.

Along these same lines, XDoclet uses a beautify ant task that fixes the code everytime you re-compile. While it's nice, it can be annoying that you have to reload your .java file everytime you compile. Posted in General at Dec 12 2002, 01:07:25 AM MST 1 Comment

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This is one of those preferences things, where there will be no consensus. Occasionally someone does point out that code-formatting tools break down (as an aid) when you start talking about relevance to CVS: changing the code structure to your tastes and checking in changes will mark the whole file as changed and it will be impossible for others to *find* what really changed. Oh, and I chime in with my own unpopular opinions.

Posted by Lance on December 12, 2002 at 02:44 AM MST #

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