Re: Quick question about Ada code formatting.

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

"Peter C. Chapin" <pchapin@sover.net> writes:
> I'm wondering how universal the above style is among Ada
> programmers. In other words: would it be desirable for me to adopt
> it as part of my personal style guide?

Yes, this is quite universal, because of the Ada Quality and Style
Guide[1].  Most coding standards I've seen take the AQ&SG as a
starting point and recommend, or even mandate, the same indentation
style.

Another indentation style which I find quite common is:

   Procedure (First_Formal => First_Actual,
              Second_Formal => Second_Actual);

> P.S. Is there an accepted indentation depth among Ada programmers? I've 
> seen three spaces in several places and I notice both Ada-mode in Emacs 
> and GPS use three spaces by default.

Yes.  Three shall be the number of spaces, and the number of spaces
shall be three.  No more, no less.  Two shalt thou not indent, except
that thou then proceedest to three. Four is right out.

This is also from the AQ&SG.

[1] http://www.adaic.org/docs/95style/html/cover.html

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.