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: 2000-12-21 08:32:01 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!204.127.161.2.MISMATCH!wn2feed!wn1feed!worldnet.att.net!128.223.220.26!arclight.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bad coding standards - aesthetics are irrelevant Date: 21 Dec 2000 10:59:16 -0500 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 977415078 12064 128.183.220.71 (21 Dec 2000 16:11:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: dscoggin@cne-odin.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Dec 2000 16:11:18 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.6 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3322 Date: 2000-12-21T16:11:18+00:00 List-Id: "Singlespeeder" 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