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A consistent style is useful. It doesn't matter much what it is, but consistency means you can jump into unfamiliar code and not get misled by a different style that makes some block not appear how it actually functions.


> penalising comments about style on code review

how exactly do you do that "penalising"?


The same way as you do it if people commit on the wrong branch, or commit SQL concatenated with plaintext, or if they are toxic towards a coworker...




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