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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: GNAT-2005
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:57:33 +0000
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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:

> Simon Wright a �crit :
>> I've just spotted -gnatyu -- check no unneccessary blank lines --
>> now there's something to have a style war about!
>
> Well we can like or dislike this kind of rules, no problem. The
> important point to me is to ensure that an application code is
> uniform whatever the style chosen. This way all developers feel
> comfortable with all part of the application. And no code belongs to
> a single developer.

I completely agree about uniformity. We chose to compile with -gnaty
for exactly this reason.

I think the thing that annoys me most is a developer who doesn't have
a consistent style at all; indentation all over the shop, FunkyCaps on
one line, lower_Case on the next ...

Personally I find that blank lines are good within a non-tiny
subprogram, and then _double_ blank lines between subprograms (which
this style check forbids). So I'm glad that -gnatyu is not part of the
default set picked up by -gnaty.

There was a lot to be said for the old Rational Environment, where the
developer had hardly any control over the layout. Is Apex the same?