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Subject: Re: [xsl] single quotes instead of double From: Michel Hendriksen <michel.hendriksen@xxxxx> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:54:27 +0100 |
Lol large topic about quotes. Spaces can be a problem when your editor adds/changes them and you are using a version control system... On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:45 PM, <dvint@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Isn't this really the rule you want? > >>> That way the poor sod (me) maintaining the code will find them where > they expect to find them. > > That is, "do what I expect you to do", not that there is any particular > universal rule. Different companies have different stanards, sometimes > they agree with my approach, sometimes they don't. Spaces or tabs is only > a problem if you have 2 people doing 2 different things or you like to set > your tabs at a different spacing, doesn't make one right or wrong. > > ..dan > > >>> For someone reading XML, the attribute delimiter chosen should be >>> irrelevant >>> because it is, syntactically, irrelevant. So use whatever you want and >>> don't bother imposing a style. >> >> 'Use whatever you want' doesn't help maintainability, style guides >> exist for a reason... you want code to look the same regardless of >> who wrote it in the team. >> >> There might be the odd occasion where taking advantage of the choice >> of delimiter is helpful, but in general (my view is) people should >> consistently use double quotes. >> >> I also use/want 4 spaces for the indentation, 2 lines between >> templates etc, Another example is declaring all the namespaces on the >> root element - you could declare them where you like, but the general >> rule is on the root element. That way the poor sod (me) maintaining >> the code will find them where they expect to find them. >> >> By the way, if anyone has their own rules for laying out their code >> I'd like to hear them. (on or off-list is fine) >> >> -- >> Andrew Welch >> http://andrewjwelch.com
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