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From: sandipchitale@yahoo.com (Sandip Chitale)
Subject: Lisp code formatting....
Date: 7 Mar 2003 12:25:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b607d812.0303071225.576996cb@posting.google.com> (raw)

I was reading through the emacs lisp manual and came across the
following paragraph:

   * Don't make a habit of putting close-parentheses on lines by
     themselves; Lisp programmers find this disconcerting.

Why do "Lisp programmers find this disconcerting" ? Do *all* Lisp
programmers find this disconcerting ? I don't.

     Once in a while, when there is a sequence of many consecutive
     close-parentheses, it may make sense to split the sequence in one
     or two significant places.

Isn't this arbitrary ? It does not sound like a standard.

Can Emacs lisp gurus shed some light on this ?

             reply	other threads:[~2003-03-07 20:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-07 20:25 Sandip Chitale [this message]
2003-03-07 21:49 ` Lisp code formatting Barry Margolin
2003-03-08 14:25   ` Kai Großjohann

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