Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:23:35 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org, mckay@thehub.com.au Subject: Re: silly C style question Message-ID: <200101231023.f0NANZI18506@dungeon.home> In-Reply-To: <20010122170600.D4456@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> from j mckitrick at "Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:06:00 %2B0000" References: <20010122170600.D4456@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Monday, 22nd January 2001, j mckitrick wrote: >This is a trivial question, but I get hung up on details, so I'm gonna ask >anyway. ;) "I'm here for an argument." "Is that a 5 minute argument, or the full half hour?" >When using opening and closing braces for a loop or other control structure, >most coders put the opening brace on the same line as the decision >statement. It seems to me, using it in more of a block format would make >the code easier to read. Does this make sense? > >if (0 == i) >{ > foo(i); > bar(i); >} > >versus > >if (0 == i) { > foo(i); > bar(i); >} Use neither of these! Use: if (i == 0) { foo(i); bar(i); } You Know It Makes Sense(tm). Stephen. PS The full justification for disagreeing with most of the civilised world can be yours for the price of an enquiring email. PPS `0 == i' is so clearly wrong I can't explain it further. PPPS The official GNU style is the ugliest I've ever seen, and it's hard to imagine a worse one. Glad you didn't bring it up here. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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