> Can't you configure every IDE to notice if the if statement is not > within braces? > > (you can also configure emacs and vim to notice) > > I find that if your coder can't even notice when his conditional or > loop is greater than 2 lines and thus requires braces, then that coder > isn't any good. > To err is human. If there is a safety thing which frees your mind of minute details, and always guarantees right behaviour, why not use it? Think, may be 10 years down the road you'll change your mind. And while you're right about "coder", I would remind that there aren't only coders here, there are researchers as well.
I would agree with Jörn: - encourage format style, not force it, if code is already readable - avoid reformatting existing code base, but gradually move it to a standard, that is, format new code and refactored one. - encourage safe programming practices and format style, like brackets, in the new code Aliaksandr
