[perl #38969] parrot source does not conform to standards
Jerry Gay
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running `per tools/dev/check_source_standards.pl` is disheartening, as
there are thousands upon thousands of source standards exceptions.
this is likely a combination of three things:
1) the standards (docs/pdds/clip/pdd07_codingstd.pod) is out-of-date wrt reality
2) the script is out-of-date wrt standards
3) the parrot coders are *really* sloppy wrt standards, or are not
paying careful attention to them
there are a few things that must be done to address this:
1) make sure the standards reflect reality
addressed by the design team, by reviewing and approving the
coding standard doc
2) make sure the script reflects the standards
this can be fixed by anybody who can read english and C, and write perl
3) make sure parrot coders are mindful of the standard
this can be fixed by running this script regularly, and generating
an RT ticket with the results. svn can subsequently be used to blame
the committers at fault :)
~jerry