The question wasn't so much whether it's allowed, but whether it's a reasonable style choice, due to the loss in readability. If there was a widespread shift to prefer the pattern, that's one thing, but if one or two developers introduce it only in their corners of the code, that's potentially a significant loss in readability when other Chrome devs work on that corner of the world.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM Daniel Cheng <dch...@chromium.org> wrote: > It's been allowed in Chrome C++ for some time now, so it's allowed in > Blink. > > In general, > https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/styleguide/c++/c++-features.md > tries to default allow features in older C++ versions, with specific > callouts to things that are banned. > > Daniel > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 at 13:13, 'Stefano Duo' via blink-dev < > blink-dev@chromium.org> wrote: > >> Hi blink-dev, >> >> Matt gave me advice to mail this list. >> >> We are discussing >> <https://crrev.com/c/6830059/3..10/components/cronet/cronet_proxy_delegate.cc#b95> >> a >> C++ 17 feature: if statements with initializers >> <https://abseil.io/tips/165>. It is recommended when a variable is used >> within the if statement, but not outside of it. >> >> Pros: reduced variables scope. >> Cons: new syntax, currently not common in Chromium. >> >> How does the community feel about this? Should its usage be allowed? >> >> Thank you, >> Stefano >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "blink-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/f8f46d20-0fe9-4a8d-b8a8-30d99a39a635n%40chromium.org >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/f8f46d20-0fe9-4a8d-b8a8-30d99a39a635n%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAEK7mvpS054nM4bsd%2BUzZ7trefV13MmJeF22YTHw0j%3DLco5Y4g%40mail.gmail.com.
