I know this goes against common design standards, but I find the following
much easier to read with less clutter:
if something then begin
dostuff
end else begin
dootherstuff
end;
It's definately a personal thing, but as I always tend to use compound
statements I find the begin statement totally superfluous, so it just gets
in the way of readability if on a line of its own.
When the extra clutter is moved like this then 2 space indents is ample.
regards,
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neven MacEwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2001 11:23
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Help with Logic flows
>
>
> Steve
>
> Yeah lets start the old begin end placement debate :-)
>
> I use
>
> If cond then
> begin
> dostuff
> end
>
> because of the old habit of finding the missing b/e in an editor that
> couldn't check
> but it gets messy with a block after else
>
> If cond then
> begin
> dostuff1
> end
> esle
> begin
> dostuff2
> end
>
> so sometimes i use
>
> If cond then
> begin
> dostuff1
> end
> esle begin
> dostuff2
> end
>
> which lead me to the conclusion that I should
>
> If cond then begin
> dostuff1
> end
> esle begin
> dostuff2
> end
>
> HTH (sarcasm)
>
> Neven
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Peacocke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Help with Logic flows
>
>
> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > >BTW any preferences for "begin end" layout?
> >
> > Most definately:
> >
> > if blah then
> > begin
> > DoStuff;
> > if Blat then
> > begin
> > DoSomething;
> > DoOtherStuff;
> > end
> > else
> > DoSomethingDifferent;
> > end;
> >
> > As you can see I totally agree with the other suggestions of using 4
> spaces for indenting - MUCH easier to view the program flow
> and have been
> using it for years now.
> >
> > Also, by placing 'begin' in the same logical indentation as
> both the 'if'
> and the 'end', the logical flow shows up better. this goes
> also better with
> try/finally statements
> >
> > if blah then
> > try
> > AttemptSomething;
> > finally
> > FreeSomething;
> > end;
> >
> > You will have also noted with the first example, that else
> is ALWAYS on a
> line of it's own. Note there is no ELSEIF statement in
> Pascal. The transfers
> messy statements like
> >
> > if x=1 then
> > Say(1)
> > else if x=2 then
> > say(2)
> > else if x=3 then
> > say(3)
> > else say(4)
> >
> >
> > ...bastard of a statement. try the following:
> >
> > if x=1 then
> > Say(1)
> > else
> > begin
> > if x=2 then
> > say(2)
> > else
> > begin
> > if x=3 then
> > say(3)
> > else
> > say(4);
> > end;
> > end;
> >
> > This allows you to see what exactly will happen in any
> given situation and
> just as important, you know which 'if' each 'else' responds to.
> >
> > Steve
> >
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