Re: [xsl] single quotes instead of double

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 11/21/2011 10:51 AM, Andrew Welch wrote:
> > Different companies have different stanards, sometimes
> > they agree with my approach, sometimes they don't.
>
> If you know any existing XSLT coding standards, please post them (in a
> new thread), I'm genuinely trying to create a style guide.

Well, Mulberry has a style guide but it's just for us. :-)

> > 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.
>
> Yep, the purpose is to avoid 2 people doing 2 different things, its
> all about consistency, not really about right and wrong.

There is a set of issues for which Mulberry commonly tells its clients 
"You need a rule, and you need to follow the rule. We like some rules 
better than others but it's more important that you have a rule and 
follow it than that you follow any particular rule".

Sometimes we then add "oh, and if you make a rule and then change it, 
you're not following any rule at all".

> You have to indent your code somehow, so using 4 spaces is a fairly common way.

Personally I prefer two spaces, but I know that others feel differently.

Mulberry's rule for delimiting attribute values in our XSLT is probably 
closer to Ken's: while we prefer '"' (the double straight quote) out of 
habit and consistency in general, we also allow our developers a certain 
amount of flex as long as it favors legibility and intelligibility. So 
we'd be fine with single straight quotes around an attribute value (even 
just once) if the developer could avoid a more complicated workaround 
thereby.

But I'm not sure this rule is among our rules as documented. I guess we 
should add it. (We have rules about our rules but we don't always follow 
them.)

Cheers,
Wendell

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