John Baldwin wrote:
> This is your opinion not gospel truth. The reason I and others leave out
> braces except when they are needed is to minimize the number of wasted
> vertical space so that more code can fit on a screen at a time. This is
> the same reason for using
>
> if (foo) {
> ...
> }
>
> Instead of:
>
> if (foo)
> {
> ...
> }
Actually, that's a tools issue; specifically, it has to do with
"%" and "$" in "vi".
Just like:
int
foo( x)
instead of:
int foo(x)
Has todo with "grep ^name <all the sources>" for function
declatation finding, vs. references.
As for "extra braces", I've seen people do:
#if foo /* { */
...
#else /* !foo } { */
#endif /* !foo } */
To let people use statement start/end block matching on "#if", too.
Our tools dictate a lot of what people say constitutes "style", but
what really works out to be "efficient use of tools".
-- Terry
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