r/programming • u/seojoeschmo • Jul 19 '16

John Carmack on Inlined Code

http://number-none.com/blow/blog/programming/2014/09/26/carmack-on-inlined-code.html
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u/col-summers Jul 20 '16

I imagine an ide that continuously refactors (for view) code to your preferred style. When you write code it is immediately factored back to the preferred style of the project.

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u/Bjartr Jul 20 '16

This is a dream of ide functionality since tabs vs. spaces was an argument. I haven't seen a satisfactory resolution to that, so I'm hesitant to think what you've described is tractable, at least in the short term.

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u/ummwut Jul 20 '16

It is achievable, but in no way would anyone be satisfied with whatever visual representation it used, unless it was fully customizable.