Re: [xsl] single quotes instead of double

[dvint@xxxxxxxxx]

Isn't this really the rule you want?

>> That way the poor sod (me) maintaining the code will find them where
they expect to find them.

That is, "do what I expect you to do", not that there is any particular
universal rule. Different companies have different stanards, sometimes
they agree with my approach, sometimes they don't. Spaces or tabs is only
a problem if you have 2 people doing 2 different things or you like to set
your tabs at a different spacing, doesn't make one right or wrong.

..dan


>> For someone reading XML, the attribute delimiter chosen should be
>> irrelevant
>> because it is, syntactically, irrelevant.  So use whatever you want and
>> don't bother imposing a style.
>
> 'Use whatever you want' doesn't help maintainability, style guides
> exist for a reason...  you want code to look the same regardless of
> who wrote it in the team.
>
> There might be the odd occasion where taking advantage of the choice
> of delimiter is helpful, but in general (my view is) people should
> consistently use double quotes.
>
> I also use/want 4 spaces for the indentation, 2 lines between
> templates etc, Another example is declaring all the namespaces on the
> root element - you could declare them where you like, but the general
> rule is on the root element.  That way the poor sod (me) maintaining
> the code will find them where they expect to find them.
>
> By the way, if anyone has their own rules for laying out their code
> I'd like to hear them. (on or off-list is fine)
>
> --
> Andrew Welch
> http://andrewjwelch.com