Re: Lindent fixed to match reality

[Måns Rullgård]

David Weinehall <tao@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 09:35:03PM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> David Weinehall <tao@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> >> b) (no -bs) "sizeof(foo)" rather than "sizeof (foo)"
>> >
>> > I can't really see the logic in this, though I know a lot of people do
>> > it.  I try to stay consistent, thus I do:
>> >
>> > if ()
>> > for ()
>> > case ()
>> > while ()
>> > sizeof ()
>> > typeof ()
>> >
>> > since they're all parts of the language, rather than
>> > functions/macros or invocations of such.
>> 
>> What I fail to see here is why that should make a difference regarding
>> whitespace before the parens.
>
> All I'm trying to say, is that we should be consistent; most code
> has:
>
> if (), for (), case (), while ()
>
> (and possibly sizeof foo, typeof foo)
>
> but
>
> sizeof(foo), typeof(foo)
>
> which is what I dislike (consistancy is good.)

Well, those have function-like semantics in that they have a value,
unlike an if statement.  That could possibly explain the difference.
I know perfectly well that sizeof is not a function, so don't bother
explaining that.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxx
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