On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Lawrence Crowl <cr...@googlers.com> wrote:
>> > Why do you think cascading ifs is a bad idea?
>>
>> Precedent. Confusion in case of dangling else (requiring more {},
>> and hence even more indentation). Ugly.
>
> I generally take ugly as an indication that the function needs
> refactoring.
Hear! Hear! Hear!
Sadly, many functions in GCC (at least in cp/) are in that category :-(
-- Gaby
