The forked elephant in the room

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Thu Jan 18 03:17:45 UTC 2024


On 1/16/2024 8:13 AM, Lance Bachmeier wrote:
> The reason I don't want to contribute is because the standard isn't "Does it 
> pass the tests it's supposed to pass?" and "Is it written in an idiomatic 
> style?", the standard is instead the reviewer asking "Is the code written the 
> way I would have written it?" I just don't have time for that.

The larger a project is, the more useful a consistent style is across it.

Though dmd/phobos/druntime each have a different style to them, as do the 
various other projects that are part of D.

Or maybe you mean something else?


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