-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/24/2009 08:57 PM, John Dennis wrote: > Our coding standards highly recommended *not* using braces following a > conditional when there is a single expression > > http://freeipa.com/page/Coding_Style#Conditions_and_Statements > > I propose to amend this so that it is highly recommended to always use > braces. > > Discussion: > > By not using braces to form a block there is an opportunity to introduce > a bug if a programmer adds another expression and fails to notice braces > are now needed to preserve program logic. Always using braces is simple > defensive programming practice and is recommended by many coding > standards. Practical experience has shown the failure to introduce > braces when none were there previously is a common mistake which > introduces bugs often not found until much later, this can be eliminated > by always using braces, readability is not compromised. >
As someone who has been largely ignoring the previous recommendation of not using braces, +1. Jakub -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkpq3nIACgkQHsardTLnvCVSxgCfTEJ1cDnIMXpQdQnJRt8jJ57O UacAoIX85tBjfM6va0tBZo+9KhBeEB5i =tdh+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Freeipa-devel mailing list Freeipa-devel@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-devel
