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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:34:53 +0200
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:22:05 +0000
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

> On 28/02/2025 10:19, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> > On 28/02/2025 09:21, Janis Papanagnou wrote: =20
> >> On 28.02.2025 09:55, Richard Heathfield wrote: =20
> > <snip> =20
> >> =20
> >>> On the other hand, I maxed out at 24. =20
> >>
> >> It would be interesting to get to know what sort of code-lines
> >> or what sort of code-structure these extreme values stem from. =20
> >=20
> > I thought so too, so I looked, and of course it's not as
> > interesting as we might have hoped.
> >=20
> > I'm not allowed to post the code here, but I can paraphrase:
> >=20
> >  =A0 value =3D really_quite_extremely_long_function_name(arg1,
> >  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 arg2,
> >  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 arg3,
> >  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 arg4);
> >=20
> > <sigh>
> >  =20
>=20
> I think I'd go with this:
>=20
>      value =3D really_quite_extremely_long_function_name(
>          arg1,
>          arg2,
>          arg3,
>          arg4);
>=20

Same here. Except that I'd use even smaller indentation.

But not for printf(). For printf I prefer
  printf("short format %d+%d+%d=3D%d\n"
    ,arg1
    ,arg2
    ,arg3
    ,arg4
  );

When format string is longer I put it on the separate line as well.


> Since the args would then also line up with a similar call but where
> the function name is a different length:
>=20
>      value2 =3D a_somewhat_shorter_function_name(
>          arg1,
>          arg2,
>          arg3,
>          arg4);
>=20
> That's assuming it is still not viable to have them all on the same
> line.