Re: coding standards

[Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>]

> Full text: http://www.best.com/~aturner/LKB/irc/19981216.html
> (444 lines)

Hey Aaron -- this isn't actually there.
 
> 6) Roger will research coding standards for the group to start using.
> Roger will also be available for standardizing Perl scripts on an as
> needed basis.
 
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html is the conventional answer
to this question. I don't know quite what you're after -- I think with
the variation in scripts and authors we're going to have, the correct
answer is "use good coding techniques", at least until it becomes an
issue.  Our goal is to make it clear and legible for people maintaining
the code. Should be simple enough -- indent, use good comments, etc.

`man perlstyle` might be what you were after from the perl point of
view. Speaking of which, I hereby declare that we're using perl5. None
of that perl4 crap.

--Roger