Bring your own coding style

Coding style is a representation of source code, which does not affect the behavior of program execution. The choice of coding style is purely a matter of developer preference. Inconsistency of coding style not only decreased readability but also can cause frustration during programming. In this paper, we propose a novel tool, called StyleCoordinator, to solve both of the following problems, which would appear to contradict each other: ensuring a consistent coding style for all source codes managed in a repository and ensuring the ability of developers to use their own coding styles in a local environment. In order to validate the execution performance, we apply the proposed tool to an actual software repository.

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