From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,259541b8a8a12b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-03 12:04:01 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-hog.berkeley.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A538539.1DC04647@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bad coding standards - aesthetics are irrelevant References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 15:02:01 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 978552122 151.168.144.162 (Wed, 03 Jan 2001 15:02:02 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 15:02:02 EST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3623 Date: 2001-01-03T15:02:01-05:00 List-Id: > > Then all you do is specify a company wide set of flags for the tool > > and insist that all code is run through the tool with those flags > > before checking it into the code libraries. > > Exactly what our Ada style guide says: > http://fsw.gsfc.nasa.gov/library/standards.html But using a particular compiler (good as it is) as your pretty printer risks difficulties using another compiler that doesn't have the same bugs. (i.e., it maybe a certain construct, legal or not, crashes GNAT, but the alternative crashes Apex. I've seen it happen!) -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau