Re: Coding Standards

[Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>]

W. Wesley Groleau (Wes) wrote:

> Bob Duff asked why expecting code readers to know the coding standard was
> different from expecting them to know the LRM.  To which I (not very clearly)
> stated I want READERS to not need ANY outside source--not even the LRM.
> But WRITERS had better know the LRM, the local standards, accepted practice,
> and much more.

I think the difference in your approach and Bob Duff's approach is that you
expect writers to know the coding standards in the _current_ environment.
Mr. Duff expects writers to know both the _current_ standards, _and_ the standards
under which the code was written. It sounds like, in Mr. Duff's environment,
there is no code reuse and no standards evolution, so that the current standards
_are_ the original standards. Therefore, it's a moot point for him. However, in
the general case, I would not depend on them being the same.

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