>>>>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.
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>OTOH, being asked to use tabulation in a case like this isn't exactly stifling creativity. My VFP coding style, given my druthers, regards any line beginning with a * as the work of the devil and a complete waste of time; giving me total style freedom would *not* be very productive < g >
>>Best,
>>Viv
>
>You will note most people use the term "prefer" in this thread.
That's the word I used anyway.

>Personal preference is not a technical matter.
I was talking about productivity - i.e. you're productivity v. the productivity of the group? Technicality doesn't come in to it - both versions of the code use the same amount of RAM and produce the same result in the same amount of time.....