tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454006.post2773744474873785463..comments2024-01-16T14:32:49.175+00:00Comments on Arcane Sentiment: Stylistic workaroundsArcane Sentimenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144052171693893368noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454006.post-35652223691569400202012-09-21T07:50:59.069+00:002012-09-21T07:50:59.069+00:00Plain console/terminal diff is by no means the onl...Plain console/terminal diff is by no means the only kind of diff tool that's available.<br /><br />Graphical diff tools like Diffuse[1] and kdiff3[2] can clearly show you precisely what part of each line changed, highlighting just the changed parts.<br /><br />[1] - http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/<br /><br />[2] - http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454006.post-30524836918988573732012-09-20T15:50:03.615+00:002012-09-20T15:50:03.615+00:00How about the use of double space after a period, ...How about the use of double space after a period, which I believe is used by some tools like Emacs to recognize the end of a sentence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454006.post-7895658945191376582012-09-19T06:48:19.510+00:002012-09-19T06:48:19.510+00:00I don't think about the trailing comma in C as...I don't think about the trailing comma in C as having to do with diffing. It's just easier to always have it there, so you don't end up adding more data on the next line and forgetting to insert the separating comma. It's the same principle as always wrapping if-else bodies in braces even if there's just one statement in them.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com