>Hi,
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>>If I'm programming for you and I find it readable the other way, let me code it my way. That is the most productive I can be. Learning to change my practice to suit you slows me down and does not really help you.
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>Hmmm. Given that most replies here preferred the second style: if you were working with them do you really think that overall productivity would be improved if you opted out of the consensus?
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>Have you ever worked for a house that imposes standards?
>Regards,
>Viv

Yes. Hated it. One or more Nazis. Think about it. How do you read a book? If they, like I, have learned to be flexible on style, that will be the most freedom and the most productive with no one enforcing anything.

There is far more important stuff to be concerned with than whitespace. Like code normalization.