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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Do you follow the guideline with regards to horizontal spaces, if
 not why ?
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:00:14 +0200
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On 2019-11-11 22:52, Alain De Vos wrote:
> Is a + more readable when there is a space before and after ?
> Is a : more readable when there is a space before and after ?
> What are your thoughts, practices ?

I follow both of the above formatting styles. Also, I try to align 
colons vertically when they occur on successive lines, for example in 
formal subprogram parameter lists (with one parameter per line).

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