Re: InFormatter...the 4gl formatter

Peter Wiley wrote: > > In article <5dg889$j57@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> timhood@bigfoot.com writes: > >I've written (many, many moons ago) an Informix 4gl formatting program. > >It works rather well, but I've created a list of enhancements that I > >would like to do to it. I'm wondering: > > > > [snip] > > Sorry, Tim, but I've always coded in rigorous style for readability. > > When I was "elected" project manager for our last project, the first thing > Christina & I did was write a definitive style guide. We simply don't > accept code from anyone that doesn't comply, regardless of whether they're > staff or contractors. > > I think what you're doing is providing a crutch for sloppy programmers. > I'd prefer they did it right in the first place. > > Regards, Peter Wiley This is all very well if you're in that position. Some of us inherit legacy code in which case Tim's beautifier might be useful. Ian