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... for the last vestiges of the old Republic have been swept away.
My legacy C++ code was written in K&R brace style, as the gods intended. I write my C# using the vertical brace Allman[^] style, thereby appeasing those gods.
The last week or so I've been doing significant work in the legacy code, and I can't stand it anymore. I've written a VS macro(*) to reformat K&R to vertical braces Allman form.
(*) Yes, I know that VS can reformat code for you. The built-in stuff in VS2008 is pretty lame.
Software Zen: delete this;
modified 27-Feb-15 12:39pm.
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Sniff! 
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You should vote for this suggestion[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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But that would only affect Visual Studio? What rubbish.
I still want some way of having comments somewhat separated from the code so you can hide or show them as desired. And maybe store the code in XML.
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Welcome to the club of the one and only true brace placement style!
I'll take my coat.
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If you mean 1tbs[^], you are describing an abomination unto all languages, IDEs and programmers.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Congratulations!
In a few years, you will realize your mistake, and accept that it should have been Whitesmiths all along!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I believe one of the reasons K&R was popular, was that it saves vertical space, and therefore paper when you print your code. But how often do you print code these days? I cannot remember the last time I needed a hard copy of my code.
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I print my code, that's part of why I use so much vertical space. Room for notes, underlining, circling, etc.
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Quote: that's part of why I use so much vertical space
Makes sense!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: it saves vertical space,
The more modern concern is ability to maximize the amount of code on a power point slide.
[... to make a tangential point, the 'print' aspect is also the reason to use spaces and not tabs.]
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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On rare occasions I will still print a page or two of code when I'm refactoring C++. That's never necessary in C#, because the refactoring tools are so much better.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I haven't worked in C++ for many years - only C#. Hence no requirement to print on my side.
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I've done it on rare occasions with C#; but only with 500-1000 line function monstrosities never should've been written in the first place.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Gary Wheeler wrote: I've written a VS macro(*) to reformat K&R to vertical braces.
The old gods are dead, it's good that you are *cough* embracing *cough* the new ones. 
Marc
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My code will probably drive you nuts as I use Allman style. Always have, always will.
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Hmm. Did a quick Wikipedia check; I'm calling 'Allman style' 'vertical braces'.
Apparently I'm already nuts.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Even at my advanced age I learn something new every day. The style I have used from as far back as I can remember is called "Allman"? Wow! I have been nuts for a long time. 
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Well then, welcome to the nut house! 
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And there was much rejoicing.
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Yes, but ... tabs or spaces ?
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Tabs originally, now spaces. The group couldn't agree on a tab size  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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The problem is that when indent size is measured in "characters" then it depends on font size -- the smaller the font (I use an 8-point font) then the more characters are required to make an effective indent.
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shirley with Tabs each individual can decide n the tab size for their preference?
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