-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Dave Steffen
I would point out, first, that it probably isn't "a particular" editor, or "some" editor, but probably _most_ or even _all_ editors. I'm a member of the One True Church of Emacs; but I'd bet that those heathens^h^h^h^h^h^h^h fine people in the First Unified Church of vi, or any other even fancier IDE, will have the same problems.
So, the solution is to propogate the norm--which, BTW, is responsible for countless macro-related bugs over the years? How about we do it the right way, and have users of Emacs and vi fix their editors formatting algorithms?
I'd also argue that editor convenience is not an unimportant issue. My code editor is what I look at all day. It's probably what most of us look at all day. Auto indentation and syntax highlighting are not necessary for the preservation of life and limb, freedom, justice, and the pursuit of happiness, but they _do_ go a long way to keeping me happy and sane.
It takes very little effort to manually format the code that you write, and any decent C++ programmer should be able to read the code formatted according to another's preferences--without reformatting it. I don't have a problem with tools like these, BTW. I have a problem with altering the purity of a code base when it isn't absolutely necessary. Regards, Paul Mensonides