Alvaro is correct. I made most or all of these adjustments in the
updated version I posted yesterday.
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> > I've attached a patch, against current 8.4 cvs, which optionally sets a
> > maximum width for psql output:
>
> Some random comments:
>
> * Don't use C++ style comments (//). Some compilers don't like these.
>
> * Beware of brace position: we use braces on their own, indented at the
> start of a new line, so
>
> ! while(--count) {
> ! lines++;
> ! lines->ptr = NULL;
> ! lines->width = 0;
> ! }
>
> becomes
>
>
> ! while(--count)
> ! {
> ! lines++;
> ! lines->ptr = NULL;
> ! lines->width = 0;
> ! }
>
> (with correct indentation anyway)
>
>
> * Always use tabs, not spaces, to indent. Tabs are 4 spaces wide.
>
> * Don't use double stars in comments.
>
> * We're not in the habit of giving credit in code comments. It gets
> messy fast.
>
> * Don't lose warning comments like this one (unless you've removed the
> assumption of course)
>
> /*
> * Assumption: This code used only on strings
> * without multibyte characters, otherwise
> * this_line->width < strlen(this_ptr) and we get
> * an overflow
> */
>
> In fact I wonder if you've introduced this assumption in the other case
> on that code (i.e. when alignment is not 'r'). I'm not seeing any
> checks for multibytes in there, but perhaps I'm missing it.
>
>
> * "} else" is forbidden too. Use two separate lines.
>
> --
> Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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