On 2011-08-12, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote:
> One argument I've heard from braces fans is that sometimes they want
> their own structure, which does not match the actual block structure.
EWW!
> Example:
>
> FILE* f = fopen(...);
> // do stuff with f
> // at this indent level
> fclose(f);
> // back to normal
>
> But really this is just working around other limitations in the
> language (i.e. lack of a with-statement equivalent).
That's horrid.
FWIW, the C idiom is:
{
FILE *f = ...
...
fclose(f);
}
It isn't used all that widely, but it is a lot less horrible than
random indenting would be.
-s
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