style(9) question
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Mar 2 16:42:38 GMT 2006
In message <20060302163633.H77029 at fledge.watson.org>, Robert Watson writes:
>Regarding the contents of style(9) -- generally, we try hard not to change the
>style guide, as style proves to be a rather contentious topic, as it is
>typically guided much more by opinion and taste than function.
A lot of people overlook that style(9) is about getting consistency
far more than getting a "style".
To paraphrase: "Style(9) good or bad, our style(9)."
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