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From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@shellyeah.org>
To: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au>
Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>,
	j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: silly C style question 
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> >> Use neither of these!  Use:
> >> 
> >> if (i == 0)
> >>     {
> >>     foo(i);
> >>     bar(i);
> >>     }
> Go on!  Give it a go!  It grows on you.  And it's logical too.  Just
> think of the language components like a parser would and group logical
> units together.

I see your point, but not indenting the brace saves a keystroke, and that
can add up.  Also, following the column straight down from the 'if' or
other conditional takes you directly to where the execution path
continues.  I  like that better than just following the indentation.

jcm




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