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Re: 'origin' indentation rule.
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Mathieu Lirzin |
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Re: 'origin' indentation rule. |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 21:35:19 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> I failed to retrieve the post where this rule has been suggested (if
>> there is one), so I don't know the rationale behind it.
>
> I don’t think it was discussed at the time. It’s just that I like
> ‘package’ and ‘origin’ indented like ‘begin’, I think it’s more pleasant
> to the eye. :-)
Ok, that makes sense. :)
> It’s a good idea to have the manual conform to the rule.
>
> Other than that, I think it’s no big deal if some packages don’t follow
> exactly this rule. I encourage people to follow this rule, but I prefer
> a patch that violates it than no patch at all. I guess it’s about
> finding the right balance between nitpicking and welcoming. ;-)
"encourage" means that this is OK that those who use Emacs and/or know
this rule apply silently this indentation rule when for example updating
a package definition?
> Importers render code with (ice-9 pretty-print), which is quite
> primitive, so they cannot follow sophisticated rules.
OK, I didn't know about that.
> So apart from the manual, I wouldn’t change anything.
I will send a patch for this, if we agree on that.
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Mathieu Lirzin