Side track to logic blocks: I like matching up indentations on the
do/end instead of if/end. And the same in C-style languages such as:
if (something == 10)
{
run some stuff;
run more stuff;
}
But almost all code I see in the world (other than my own) does this:
if (something == 10) {
run some stuff;
run more stuff;
}
That just confuses me when I need to match up the brackets or do/end's.
On 6/18/2021 9:12 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
I agree, although if I expect to be adding code in the future then I'll write
if fx then do
ntim=ntim+1
end
else do
nres=nres+1
end
Note that I don't like, and don't use in REXX scripts, the C indentation
conventions; I indent END.
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Ack! To my mind
if fx then
do
ntim=ntim+1
end
else
do
nres=nres+1
end
...is much harder to read than
if fx then ntim=ntim+1
else nres=nres+1
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Crawford, Robert C.
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 09:23
It's a small thing, but I now longer try to cram as much code into line as I
can. Now I put spaces between operators and variables and after commas. I
also put the clauses following "THEN" and "ELSE" on another line.
Oh, and I used to this:
LOOP MVC HERE,THERE
And now do this:
LOOP DS 0H
MVC HERE,THERE
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