[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/developer: Better {} style rule

[Nicolas George]

martin schitter (HE12025-02-28):
> This kind of checks should better happen in some kind of CI based pipeline
> supporting direct feedback to the contributors before accepting the patches
> for any further human review by maintainers or on public mailing lists.
> 
> That's why I really like GitLab and similar tools.

Developing in 2025: the project uses a monolithic tool, everything is in
this tool, everybody has to use it, whether they like it or not.

Developing in the early 2000s when FFmpeg grew: low-level tools are
provided, every developer is free to integrate them in their favored
working process, and indeed expected to do so.

Developers from 2025 when confronted with a project from the early
2000s: “What's a script? Help!! What's a keyboard?”
[insert here a picture of a hen who found a knife]

> As long as languages do not simply enforce only one preferred coding style
> (like for example in rust and deno) you'll never find a solution, which
> makes everyone happy.

Hard rules on cosmetic matters are a terrible idea, whether they are
enforced at the level of the language or downstream from it.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George