Stylecop ;). If you can convince the team that code that looks the same is eaiser to debug it elliminates all the posturing.
Davy Hexed into a portable ouija board. -----Original Message----- From: "Greg Keogh" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:50:40 To: 'ozDotNet'<[email protected]> Reply-To: ozDotNet <[email protected]> Subject: What's up with braces? When I started PC coding 20 years ago on C and C++ there the convention about where to put your {braces} was unclear. I remember back then that there seemed to be more Microsoft sample code with vertically aligned braces, so I ran with that and I have been ever since, even in my Java days. I can't recall ever having a debate with previous colleagues about which style to use, so in the absence of any memorable disputes I'm guessing we all used vertical braces. However, I notice a strong trend towards indented braces over the last couple of years. The Framework Design Guidelines <http://www.amazon.com/Framework-Design-Guidelines-Conventions-Libraries/dp/ 0321545613> book also authoritatively states that indented braces are now recommended. So am I caught on the losing side of a braces battle? It may seem trivial, but your eyes and brain get used to a certain appearance of code (like the VB vs C# battle) and a subtle change takes a bit of getting use to. Are my millions of existing lines of C# code with vertical braces now a testament to my defeat? Is anyone else suffering from a project with mixed brace styles? Greg
