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- From: Caius Martius <caius@nando.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Coding Standards
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:14:38 -0800
- Organization: Carolantic Realty, Inc.
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- Pete Becker wrote:
- >
- > In article <4io2i7$n9v@sam.inforamp.net>, rmorin@inforamp.net says...
- > >
- > >In article <314EBD08.43BC@virtus.com>,
- > > "Richard F. Albury" <richard.albury@virtus.com> wrote:
- > >>// is the standard C++ comment, so I'm not sure I understand your objection.
- > >
- > >What I meant was that the /* */ has been the only standard comment for years.
- > > The // comment style is a new proposed standard.
- > >
- > >>> -a class which can be instantiated with a "new" must have a copy
- > >>> constructor, a destructor and an assignment operator definition.
- > >>
- > >>It's good discipline. Read Scott Meyers' books for more info.
- > >
- > >Unfortunately, if we follow everybodies good discipline guidelines, we would
- > >miss our October deadline by a few years.
- > >
- >
- > Unfortunately, if you don't follow guidelines like this, you will miss your
- > subsequent maintenance deadlines by many years. You'll spend all your time
- > tracking down mysterious failures that arise when you try to enhance the
- > program, rather than spending time on the enhancements themselves.
-
- I couldn't agree more. I do not subscribe to the idea that "I understand
- my code, who cares if anyone else does." Trust me, if you pick up a
- piece of code you wrote 3 years ago, it will take you a while to figure
- out what you were talking about.
-