[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Let's agree on a common coding style

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:11:01 +0100
Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:

> Am 13.02.2010 21:57, schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
> >>> For example, in a PKGBUILD I would write ${pkgname}_$pkgver,
> >>> because _ can be part of a variable name, but I'd much rather
> >>> prefer to use $pkgname-$pkgver, since hyphens are not allowed in
> >>> variable names.
> >>>
> >>> Less typing, less ugliness. :)
> >>>
> >>
> >> This is the way I've always done it and it's much nicer to read.
> >> Same for quoting, use only when needed.
> > 
> > +1 for braces around vars only when needed.
> 
> If you use braces only when necessary, it will not be consistent - you
> have braces sometimes and other times you don't. I thought coding
> style was about consistency.
> 

you can apply "only when needed" consistently.