>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>>>
>>>>>Have you ever worked for a house that imposes standards?
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>Viv
>>>>
>>>>Yes. Hated it. One or more Nazis.
>>>I didn't like it either but complete anarchy would have been worse. Twenty guys left to their own devices would come up with twenty different styles.
>>
>>Beautify is your friend!
>You don't know what I look like :-{

:)


>But I was speaking in a more general sense - variable naming and declaration etc...

That does not fall under "style" in my mind. Variable naming has a direct impact on code behavior - causing or preventing crashes. White space has an indirect effect.