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It seems crazy to me that people are so annoyed that their libraries have different style that we have to have additional tooling to make code search simple for

It seems crazy to me that people are so annoyed that their libraries have different style that we have to have additional tooling to make code search simple for the end-user.

dom96 8y ago
You don't _need_ additional tooling. You can get by with just searching as normal, it's not as if people's code bases are filled with random conventions or random case variations...
- tcoff91 8y ago
  style insensitivity WILL lead to typos that don't get caught. Someone will change the casing somewhere. Therefore you must always search with style insensitivity in mind.
  - nimmer 8y ago
    Most people use completion anyways and it prevents this problem. Also, you can lint the code.
beagle3 8y ago
Styles are religions, including - in some organizations - the threat of excommunication if you don’t practice the one style. I don’t know how atheistic style looks, but Nim is style agnostic - everyone can practice their religion and they all get along. C, Python, and the real world - not so much.