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I am just trying to let go of some of my uptightness around the standards of others. =)
We agree. I mean in principle. Intellectually speaking, but my heart isn't there yet.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Don't want to sound philosophical, but a couple of years ago I experienced a back injury that made it impossible to sit or walk normally for 3 months, which meant I couldn't do what I love doing most - i.e. writing code and building software. During that time I was forced to work from home (standing up, with much difficulty) and participate in meetings remotely. It was during those meetings, many of which included animated discussions (and strong feelings) about coding standards, unit testing and other software development related processes, that I realized what was really important. Yes, of course, I'm talking about one's health. It seems as if I had to experience that injury in order to get my priorities right.
I'm still (very) passionate about my craft, but I seemed to have grown a large pair of ears. Today, I tend to be much more sensitive to other people's opinions than ever before. My only regret is, I wish I'd come to this realization earlier. I would've learned so much more from my (much smarter) colleagues. 
/ravi
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Shouldn't your user name be in Title Case?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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haha
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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The problem with coding style guides is that they try to put everything in it.
Just start creating one with only a few guidelines that are easily enforceable.
I'd rather be phishing!
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The style guidelines for my group are a little over one page in length, and are mostly naming conventions. I can summarize them as follows:- Names should not rely on tribal knowledge for interpretation (use whole words).
- Non-local names should use Pascal or camel case.
- Local names should be in lower case.
- If it's public, capitalize the name.
- If it's private/protected, prefix the name with an underscore.
- Acronyms embedded in a name should be prefixed and/or suffixed by an underscore to ensure the acronym is readable.
- Hungarian notation is strongly discouraged.
- Above all, BE CONSISTENT.
We don't prescribe brace style or other formatting (e.g. tabs), source organization, language features, or most of the other things that people argue about.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Nothing should ever be camelCase. 
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Agreed. I don't like or use it myself, but we had a couple folks who liked it.
Software Zen: delete this;
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codewitch honey crisis wrote: To the point where I usually kick myself for not putting constants before vars in equality comparisons if(0==foo), etc.
I've never liked that one. Yes, I know it stops the "=" vs. "==" mistake but it just doesn't read the right way.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I've grown to like it because if you tab everything out, it makes the constants easy to put into columns and read from the left.
But that's only applicable when you're doing a lot of comparisons in one test, like in a state machine transition.
Still, sometimes its elegant. Other times, maybe most times, i tend to agree with you but i suck it up and do it anyway, like eating an orange (i hate oranges)
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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It's a Catch-22 requirement. The rule is to help people who are unaware of the problem it is intended to solve. As soon as you are aware of the problem, you don't need the rule. As soon as you know the rule, you are aware of the problem so are unlikely to fall foul of it.
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Plus, any self-respecting compiler released in the last 20 years issues a warning for "assignment in conditional expression".
Software Zen: delete this;
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This. This is my main problem with style guides: sometimes technology catches up and the rule isn't needed anymore.
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codewitch honey crisis wrote: I'm half serious about this post.
Which half?
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I'm not sure
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Trust me, there's nothing wrong with dropping the source file into the notepad/vi and being able to tell right away whether some variables are member variables or local variables (thanks to conventions) without having to search the whole directory structure for its declaration. Especially if the project is > 1 million lines. Or looking at the equivalent of the namespace diarrhea where your fingers gets tired of searching here and there and comparing trying to put it all together in your head. 
modified 5-Apr-19 14:23pm.
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i hear that!
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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this is how freedom smells in a socialist system. As long as you like it, it is great. 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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i'm not sure what any of this has to do with the workers owning and controlling the means of production (iow: socialism)
it's just about my feelings around coding standards. sheesh
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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I lived in a socialist society and thats my feeling about. Owning means of production is not really essential in socialism, because there arent any profits from it. It brings only responsibilities to maintenance it.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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that's the def of socialism but whatever. i'm not having this convo with you on a programming board.
seriously.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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I am also not, but you added some words which I prefered to share my personal experiences
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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I find coding styles to be like handwriting. When you've read enough code written by others, you'll find that you can read any style - as long as the writers followed it consistently.
Life is too short to refactor everything into your preferred style.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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