There's no formal policy since, of course, you can't force people to use it.
With many people familiar with this habit, most packages/classes are written using <code>
. And, if not, they may be edited to "conform" to this.
One advantage of using an alternative <code>
-markdown is that it clearly highlights when you're using a package rather than just mentioning something. For example,
I use algorithm
and...
tells me that the OP is using either an algorithm
environment (perhaps from algorithm2e
), or the algorithm
package, which provides an algorithm
environment, as opposed to some algorithm they downloaded from the InterWebz...
The context here is somewhat superficial, but I hope it relays the message.
ltxdoc
files.) – Joseph Wright♦ Dec 16 '13 at 17:01