OpenEuphoria

Re: Code readability suggestions

• Posted by ChrisBurch2 <crylex at freeuk.co.uk> Nov 19, 2006
• 588 views

Pete Lomax wrote:
> 
> Chris Burch wrote:
> >Whoawhatdoyoumeanwhitespacesarethepoormansanswer.
> 
> W     h     o     a     .          I      o     n   
>   l     y      m     e  
>    a     n     t          t      o     
> o     m     u     c     
> h      w     h     i  
>    t     e     s     p   
>  a     c     e    c    a
>       n     g     e
>      t     s     i     l  
>    l     y.
> 

LOL. Nice one.

> The above nonsense may (badly) mimic excess whitespace causing
> premature linebreaks because code no longer fits on screen widthwise,
> far worse excess blank lines prevent visual line-up if a construct no
> longer fits on screen heightwise, imo often for no good reason.
> 
> Or as my Latin teacher used to say:
> In appro pria tespa cescan beve rym
> islea  ding.
> 
>                   R
>               e
>            g
>         a
>       r 
>    d      e
>  s      t
> ,     e
>    P
> 
> PS I suspect what triggered my dislike of what I had written is the
> number of times I tested for WM_COMMAND, but I don't think there is an
> answer to that.
> 
>