On 28/12/15 03:03, Dave Cramer wrote:
> +1 for Gavin's suggestion
> and yes I think mandatory braces are required
When I started programming (back in 1968), I thought that indenting and
the like was a waste of time, as I had to explicitly punch every single
space onto punched cards, But as my programs became more complicated, I
found my code hard to read (even with my then good eyesight). Later when
I started indenting, I found my code far easier to read & understand, so
I am extremely conscious of the value of white space - also very glad
the modern IDE's don't force you to type every single space and manually
assure that code is indented properly!!!
I always use brackets for if statements, as it make it much easier to
add additional lines without accidentally introducing a programming bug.
Cheers,
Gavin
>
> Dave Cramer
>
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> On 27 December 2015 at 09:01, Gavin Flower
> <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz <mailto:GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>>
> wrote:
>
> On 28/12/15 01:15, Dave Cramer wrote:
>
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>
> I much prefer to line the brackets up on the same side, it makes
> the code a lot easier to read. Even in the days of screens with 25
> lines of 80 characters - now with considerably larger monitors, it
> makes even more sense.
>
> So I very much prefer the style:
>
> if (q)
> {
> do something
> }
>
>
> When I had poor eyesight it was easier, and after multiple eye
> operations & my eyesight is much improved - I still prefer the
> style with the brackets on separate lines.
>
> If I want to understand someone else's code sample; I refactor a
> copy of their code into this style, as it greatly increases the
> ease of reading it. The other style looks cluttered, and is harder
> to see the blocks of code clearly
>
>
> Cheers,
> Gavin
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