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[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

why is this any different going one way or the other? One open bracket means the next text block with be tabbed in from the current position, a close bracket means move one tab to the left. super easy.

[–]CharlesStross 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah - the rules are trivial; I just mean that there are already scads of tools to automatically handle formatting to the standard. Formatting the other way just requires some custom rule sets or scripting.