How to correctly use code you didnt write

Re:How to correctly use code you didnt write by ars on Sunday March 11, 2012 @04:31PM (#3691202)

Pretty misleading title. I thought this was about a large project and helping people use code from other people.

It should be titled: "How to correctly attribute code you didn't write"

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Re:How to correctly use code you didnt write by karamazov on Sunday March 11, 2012 @05:33PM (#3691353)

Same here - I was looking forward to some advice on efficiently parsing alien coding habits.

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Re:How to correctly use code you didnt write by jakejake on Sunday March 11, 2012 @07:46PM (#3691666)

I thought the article was going to be more along the lines of how to deal with people's code style, like spaces vs tabs, where the braces go, property naming conventions etc.

I try to take the "when in rome" approach and if I'm messing with a class, I try to style it consistently (even though it may drive me nuts to do so)

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