Comments on: Chunk & Write http://www.halftheshebang.com/2008/03/25/chunk-write/ is about all i can muster Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: mark http://www.halftheshebang.com/2008/03/25/chunk-write/#comment-48 mark Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:53:20 +0000 http://www.halftheshebang.com/2008/03/25/chunk-write/#comment-48 And you aren't using o and shift-o. And you aren’t using o and shift-o.

]]> By: gr http://www.halftheshebang.com/2008/03/25/chunk-write/#comment-47 gr Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:51:18 +0000 http://www.halftheshebang.com/2008/03/25/chunk-write/#comment-47 While I understand the logic, I hate that rule (and rampantly cuddle elses). I find it easier to read without the extra CRLF, because the else is syntactic clutter: everybody knows what's going to be there, so unless it's an elsif with a shiny new case, it should take as little screen real estate as possible. Oh, and if you actually think this makes things easier to edit, you obviously aren't using % correctly in vi(1). While I understand the logic, I hate that rule (and rampantly cuddle elses).

I find it easier to read without the extra CRLF, because the else is syntactic clutter: everybody knows what’s going to be there, so unless it’s an elsif with a shiny new case, it should take as little screen real estate as possible.

Oh, and if you actually think this makes things easier to edit, you obviously aren’t using % correctly in vi(1).

]]> By: Perl Coding School » Blog Archive » perl code [2008-03-26 06:34:37] http://www.halftheshebang.com/2008/03/25/chunk-write/#comment-38 Perl Coding School » Blog Archive » perl code [2008-03-26 06:34:37] Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:30:00 +0000 http://www.halftheshebang.com/2008/03/25/chunk-write/#comment-38 [...] Chunk & Write By mark I don’t draw much distinction between the two. Code has agreed upon conventions. I’ve read the phrase “don’t cuddle an else”, probably in a Perl style manual — Perl coders are style mavens. But what does it mean? It means that: … # half the shebang - http://www.halftheshebang.com [...] […] Chunk & Write By mark I don’t draw much distinction between the two. Code has agreed upon conventions. I’ve read the phrase “don’t cuddle an else”, probably in a Perl style manual — Perl coders are style mavens. But what does it mean? It means that: … # half the shebang - http://www.halftheshebang.com […]

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