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Date:      Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:08:08 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Style(9) question
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021122160808.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021122193040.GA23078@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On 22-Nov-2002 Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> 
> In the standard, it says control statements with only one statement executed
> should not have braces.  I've heard it said that this could be a maintenance
> issue, since braces will need to be added if any other statements need to
> be grouped with that condition.  Isn't it a good idea to add them the first
> time the statement is written, rather than counting on a future maintainer
> to do so?

The reason to not put them in is to avoid wasting screen real-estate
on mostly blank lines.  You also errantly assume that you will always
come back and add more statements later. :)

-- 

John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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