On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 06:05:15PM -0400, Gross, Stephan wrote:
> Why is this style
>
> if ($x) {
> do this;
> do that;
> }
This style is also known as The One True Brace Style, popularized by
Kernighan & Ritchie (in _The C Programming Language_). It's also popular
with other languages, such as Perl, Java, C++, etc.
> typically preferred over
>
> if ($x)
> {
> do this;
> do that;
> }
>
> I like the latter example because it's easier to cut and paste the braces
> and everything in between. I also think it looks better. But none of the
> top programmers ever seems to do this.
> Just wondering...
The "One True Brace Style" isn't universal. Use whatever works best for
you and your group/team/project. :-)
Z.
