>>>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 >
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>>Do you mean to say you don't comment? You added the <g> at the end, so perhaps you mean that you hate to comment, but do it because your employer wants it? Obviously, I'm not sure how serious you are, but people that hate to comment and do it because they are "forced to" will generally not comment well and that code is almost always a nightmare to maintain. Mike said, "beautify is your friend" . . . comments are your best friend.
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>I know that commenting code (even for your own later use) is really time well spent - it's just that it is *so boring* :-{

Perhaps, but I find that when I comment code, I will often think of additional things that need to be done, think of a better way to solve the problem, think of potential pitfalls, etc.