On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 12:07:23AM -0400, Cliff Woolley wrote:
... I am NOT saying opening braces can or should be on their own line for regular code. ONLY when they follow a conditional expression that spans lines.
I'd prefer they get their own line all the time :-), so I'll certainly agree with the sentiment of requiring them after a multi-line conditional.
well, I can certainly understand that up to a point... long ago the product I was working on adopted a style with opening brace always on its own line, and I adjusted my brain as appropriate, and it feels natural *in the scope of other code following similar style*... and of course opening brace on its own line is the one true way since it is consistent with the first brace of a function
one true way or not, consistency with other style guidelines for this body of code and the bulk of existing code is more important, and I think this special case handling of the opening brace is going to be a wart... doesn't match aesthetically, and is an extra rule that doesn't solve a problem that a number of people have encountered
but I don't really want to argue either, just put up my 2cents and then shut up
I'm really done :)
