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SubjectRe: [patch]clarification of coding style regarding conditional statements with two branches
FromKrzysztof Halasa <>
DateFri, 04 May 2007 18:16:46 +0200
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> writes:

> Why, what's wrong with
> if (condition) {
> do_this();
> do_that();
> } else
> otherwise();
>
> ? It's more readable/nicer in my eyes than

I think so. And it means less lines #.

>> +if (condition) {
>> + do_this();
>> + do_that();
>> +} else {
>> + otherwise();
>> +}

Exception:

if (x) {
if (y)
foo1();
else
foo2();
} else
bar();
The braces after if(x) are needed so nobody thinks it's:
if (x)
if (y)
foo1();
else
foo2();
else
bar();
--
Krzysztof Halasa
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