[Box Backup] Coding standards

[Ben Summers]

On 1 Sep 2005, at 20:33, Gary wrote:

>> No overloading of operators, especially not for i/o. Only exception
>>
>
> Once I read the subject, I knew this was gonna be in here ;) j/k.

Better people than I have explained in depth why operator overloading  
is a Bad Thing.

>
>
>> Indent with tabs, with 4 character tab stops.
>> Bracing style: (...)
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>
> I think every programmer is most efficient and produces least bugs  
> when
> he or she is using his or her own code-style and idioms (within  
> reason,
> of course). We could always use an automated source code styler to
> bring everything into a uniform code universe.

Everyone would be welcome to work in the way they work best. I think  
it would be appreciated by everyone to have a consistent style, but  
how this is achieved is up to the individual. (As long as it doesn't  
create spurious diffs in source control.)

Ben