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Plead to programmers

I ask, no, I beg if you do nothing else with your code, please, please, please format it properly.

I don't care if it works.
I don't care if there is error handling.
I don't care if it compiles.

I care if it's formatted properly.

Why?
Because re-formatting code just so I can read it takes me more time than fixing bugs in it.
That's why.

Indentation, spacing, break up long lines, logical variable names, avoid global variables, avoid duplication of code, avoid excessively long methods.

Thank you.

Posted by kasia on November 26, 2002 07:33 PM |

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Comments

Damn you broads. First I gotta clean up my socks. Now I gotta clean up my code?

Posted by: Dan Isaacs | November 26, 2002 07:46 PM

Noted for future reference when I become a programmer...

Posted by: Techie2000 | November 26, 2002 08:23 PM

let me just add that while i'm obsessively anal about how i indent /my/ code, i really don't care how anyone else indents theirs, as long as it's consistent!

the entire file should use the same style people!

Posted by: rooneg | November 26, 2002 10:26 PM

Oh heck, I don't care how they indent either, as long as they *do* indent and are consistent :)

Posted by: kasia | November 26, 2002 11:12 PM

You could use python :) where indentation is necessary and resistance is futile.

Posted by: wari | November 27, 2002 08:43 PM