[bind10-dev] coding guidelines

[Francis Dupont]

> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 08:41:24PM +0000, Francis Dupont wrote:
> > > If there would be a reason for this I didn't catch, I would say it
> > > would look better to just use < > everywhere (I think I'd be willing
> > > to sacrifice the distinction of local vs. global, shorter names and
> > > filename completion when typing the " " header names for the simpler
> > > rules).
> >
> > => I was in favor of < > everywhere so if you believe restricted use
> > of " " makes no sense (or removes its sense) so I am giving up too
> > and recommend to the '< > everywhere' rule. BTW it is the rule applied
> > in bind 9 so it is not new...
> > No objection?
> 
> OK.

=> so who shall update the coding guidelines?

> But I'd still like to hear the reason for not recommending " " in
> header files.  At least out of curiosity and for future decisions.

=> many possible reasons:
 - simplicity (i.e., one include style, no <> and "" mix)
 - alignment on the bind 9 coding style (i.e., reapplying the unknown
  reasons which made this choice for bind 9)
 - no real definition of the "" behavior in the official standard
  (loose as there is no known-counter examples :-)
As a French the first one is IMHO the strongest one (i.e., KISS :-)

Regards

Francis Dupont <fdupont at isc.org>