Monday, July 14, 2008
Commas: Before or After the Line?
I'm in a new group again which means I have to learn (and accept) other people's style. No one at WellCare put commas before the line (thankfully), but I've found a few here.
I've finally come to accept that this is just style and doesn't really matter, as long as the code does what it's intended to do.
Yes, it's silly, but we all have our little quirks right? ¶ 7/14/2008 10:36:00 PM
I'm in a new group again which means I have to learn (and accept) other people's style. No one at WellCare put commas before the line (thankfully), but I've found a few here.
I've finally come to accept that this is just style and doesn't really matter, as long as the code does what it's intended to do.
Yes, it's silly, but we all have our little quirks right? ¶ 7/14/2008 10:36:00 PM
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That's why the good Lord saw fit to create PL/SQL Developer and it beautification tool. That way everyone can write it their way.
True enough.
Personally, I like typing it all out myself. I don't use intellisense at all. I believe it helps me remember things better, typing them out that is.
It's sort of like the cellphone and speed dial. I used to know everyone's phone number, now I hardly know my own. I don't want the same thing to happen to my tables... ;)
chet
Personally, I like typing it all out myself. I don't use intellisense at all. I believe it helps me remember things better, typing them out that is.
It's sort of like the cellphone and speed dial. I used to know everyone's phone number, now I hardly know my own. I don't want the same thing to happen to my tables... ;)
chet
I need to vote "depends / both depending on statement"...
I type everything out as well. I justify it on the basis that it adds another sanity check.
Never trust a tab. I've never met a formatter that did things exactly as I like.
I type everything out as well. I justify it on the basis that it adds another sanity check.
Never trust a tab. I've never met a formatter that did things exactly as I like.
I always put my commas after the line, because that's what I'd do in English - I wouldn't do:
Hello there ,how are you?
It just looks wrong!
As wiser heads than mine have said, code gets written once or twice, but read many more times. So, you write your code to be read.
(I methodically go through and move every comma to after the line in code that I'm changing... which is a bit sad, really!)
Hello there ,how are you?
It just looks wrong!
As wiser heads than mine have said, code gets written once or twice, but read many more times. So, you write your code to be read.
(I methodically go through and move every comma to after the line in code that I'm changing... which is a bit sad, really!)
@boneist
I do that too!
I agree, it "reads" better at the end of the line. Maybe that's why I have such a, umm...dislike for it?
chet
I do that too!
I agree, it "reads" better at the end of the line. Maybe that's why I have such a, umm...dislike for it?
chet
@dom
Rumor has it that the new SQL Developer formatter is very flexible...you can set it up however you want.
I've not tried it yet though. I'm still going to type it out.
chet
Rumor has it that the new SQL Developer formatter is very flexible...you can set it up however you want.
I've not tried it yet though. I'm still going to type it out.
chet
Chet,
I do commas after the line in SQL and before the line in PL/SQL. How's that for strange ;)
SQL developer 1.5 made a great leap with its formatter, but it's still lacking. I'm really looking forward to this working well so that the code can be standardized.
Regards,
Dan
I do commas after the line in SQL and before the line in PL/SQL. How's that for strange ;)
SQL developer 1.5 made a great leap with its formatter, but it's still lacking. I'm really looking forward to this working well so that the code can be standardized.
Regards,
Dan
That is strange...perhaps all your sense escaped through your hairless head? :)
Oh wait...what does that say about me?
chet
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