Re: "In praise of Go" discussion on ycombinator

[Daniel Gibson]

Rainer Deyke schrieb:

On 11/16/2010 22:24, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

I'm curious what the response to my example will be. So far I got one
that doesn't even address it.

I really don't see the problem with requiring that '{' goes on the same
line as 'if'.  It's something you learn once and never forget because it
is reinforced through constant exposure.  After a day or two, '{' on a
separate line will just feel wrong and raise an immediate alarm in your
mind.

I would even argue that Go's syntax actually makes code /easier/ to read
and write.  Let's say I see something like this in C/C++/D:

if(blah())
{
  x++;
}

This is not my usual style, so I have to stop and think.

What about
if( (blah() || foo()) && (x > 42)
    && (baz.iDontKnowHowtoNameThisMethod() !is null)
    && someOtherThing.color = COLORS.Octarine )
{
  x++;
}