Add proposals for fixing STYLE.md (#941)

Fixes #939
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@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ When you come across an edge case that isn't referenced in this guide, please ad
## Comments
```asm
; Use tabs for indentation, and spaces for alignment.
; When tabs get in the way of alignment, use spaces instead.
@ -30,40 +29,33 @@ When you come across an edge case that isn't referenced in this guide, please ad
; under 30 chars per line, including tabs.
; Comments should go above the code they're describing, not below, and not inline.
ld a, [hl]
add b
ld [hl], a
ret
; Avoid comments on the same line as instructions.
cp 10
jr c, .elsewhere ; don't do this
; If you have a larger comment and want to make
; a side note on a snippet of code:
; You can indent the comment,
; but each line should be shorter
; and spaced away from the parent comment
halt
nop
; To comment out code, put the ; before the tab indent.
; nop
cp 10
; jr c, .bye
ret
```
## Labels
```asm
; ROM Labels
PascalCase: ; label
PascalCase:: ; global label
@ -84,7 +76,6 @@ DEF rBGP EQU $ff47 ; hardware register
; Most other constants should be upper case
DEF UPPER_CASE EQU 1
; Long lists of constants should be aligned
DEF SHORT_CONSTANT EQU 1
DEF LONGER_CONSTANT EQU 2
@ -92,13 +83,11 @@ DEF PRETTY_LONG_CONSTANT EQU 3
DEF TINY EQU 4
DEF BUT_ONLY_RELATED_CONSTANTS EQU 5
```
## Directives
```asm
; meta and high-level directives should be uppercase
SECTION "section", ROMX
INCLUDE "filename"
@ -114,7 +103,6 @@ DEF TEST EQU 2
db 1
dw 2
my_macro SOME_CONSTANT
; one exception is RGB
RGB 31, 31, 31
@ -128,17 +116,14 @@ set X, 1
rept 10
nop
endr
```
## Macros
```asm
MACRO when_in_doubt_lowercase
; only shift if it's required or more readable
; dont
db \1
shift
@ -161,7 +146,5 @@ ENDM
MACRO UPPER_CASE_IS_OK_SOMETIMES
; but I can't think of any examples besides ACRONYMS
ENDM
```