C'mon!  How difficult *is* it with your editor to convert it to block format
when either clause becomes multi-line?!?

-Keith

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin King
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:51 AM
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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
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