C'mon! How difficult *is* it with your editor to convert it to block format when either clause becomes multi-line?!?
-Keith ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] Good Programming Practice Question......... >> I don't mind if-then-else on one line ... as long as it fits on one >> *screen* line. :) IF SOME.FLAG THEN GOSUB DO.SOMETHING ELSE GOSUB >> DO.SOMETHING.ELSE > > And I'm completely opposite, preferring a full block IF statement all > the time. There's four different ways that IF can be structured, and > the full block structure provides the most flexibility for maintenance > (in my opinion, of course). Yeah, it takes more lines, but it's fewer > lines to change when an inline IF ends up getting converted to the > partial or full block format, and it's been my experience that > comparison programs get more accurate results with insertions and > deletions vs. changed lines. > > -K ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
