Re: Bad coding standards - aesthetics are irrelevant

["Ira D. Baxter" <idbaxter@semdesigns.com>]

... and like the C++ world does not have a corresponding tool
because it is hard to do a good job of parsing the langauge
and then prettyprinting.

We are getting set to release a set of prettyprinter programs
based on language parsers, for a number of langauges.
We can do this because we have generalized compiler technology
used for custom analysis/modifications of sources, and
the prettyprinter aspect is sort of necessary "poker ante".

We re trying to gauge interest
in a prettyprinter for Ada.  (We have the Ada83/95 parsers,
not an issue for us).   These prettyprinters won't be
free, but will have an extremely modest price, somewhere
under $100.00.

If you are interested, please let us know, along with any
desiradata.   Depending on interest level, one of
these might be available in a few months.


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"Stephen Leake" <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message
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> "Singlespeeder" <singlespeeder@btinternet.com> writes:
>
> > Much of the debate on aesthetics would be needless if there was a good
> > freely available non-proprietary tool for reformatting the code, much
like
> > the C world has 'indent'.
>
> There is. It's called ada-mode for Emacs. Combined with the equally
> free gnat style checker, it's a great tool.
>
> What more do you want?
>
> > 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
>
> --
> -- Stephe