matching { } syntax style

[bart]

Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}

I find the following much better to read (C style)

function()
{
implementations ;
}

kind regards,
Bart

[Phlip]

> Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}
They don't. Some like it and some don't.
I find the following much better to read (C style)

function()
{
implementations ;
}

For style, I follow the ultimate acknowledge reference for English - /The
Elements of Style/.

It says to use parallel construction on parallel concepts.

Don't say, "The big red lion lay down with the lamb, small and furry".

Say, "The big red lion lay down with the small furry lamb."

The adjectives parallel their relation to their noun.

So, in programming, put the curly braces where they parallel each other.

--
Phlip

[jeffc]

"bart" <ba**@thatissec ret.nlm> wrote in message
news:3f******** *************** @news.xs4all.nl ...

Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}

I find the following much better to read (C style)

function()
{
implementations ;
}

I don't think everybody does like the former. I think at least half the
people prefer the latter.

[Ron Natalie]

"bart" <ba**@thatissec ret.nlm> wrote in message news:3f******** *************** @news.xs4all.nl ...

Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}

I find the following much better to read (C style)

function()
{
implementations ;
}

What makes you think the latter is C style? And what makes you think it's
easier to read?

[Tim Clacy]

bart wrote:

Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}

I find the following much better to read (C style)

function()
{
implementations ;
}

kind regards,
Bart

Some of us don't like either; they're there to make compiler writers lives
easier, not ours.

[Stewart Gordon]

While it was 10/10/03 2:50 pm throughout the UK, bart sprinkled little
black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus:

Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}
I'm one of everybody, amn't I? I personally hate it when people can't
be bothered to indent.
I find the following much better to read (C style)

function()
{
implementations ;
}

Well, I guess that

function() {
implementations ;
}

gives the best of both worlds. :-)

Stewart.

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[Thomas Matthews]

bart wrote:

Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}

I find the following much better to read (C style)

function()
{
implementations ;
}

kind regards,
Bart

Some people like this style:
return_type
function()
{
implementation;
}
The braces show the indentation.

I prefer to have the braces line up to help show the indentation
levels.

But this is what they call a religious issue; there is no
correct answer, only what people believe.

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[Patrick Kowalzick]

Hi bart,

function() {
implementations ;
}
This style has a very big advantage when you use a single-line debugger, In
fact not for a function. Try an if instead.

When you use these two cases with a single-line debugger...

if (someboolexpres sion)
dosomething;

if (someboolexpres sion) {
dosomethingmore ;
}

...and the line with an if appears the curly brace tells you that a block is
following. If not one single command follows.
function()
{
implementations ;
}

I personally like this style more. In my opinion it is more readable. But I
do not use a single-line debugger. So I assume that I am not part of
"everybody" .

Regards,
Patrick

[Tim Clacy]

Tim Clacy wrote:

bart wrote:

Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}

I find the following much better to read (C style)

function()
{
implementations ;
}

kind regards,
Bart

Some of us don't like either; they're there to make compiler writers
lives easier, not ours.

....and just to set the cat amongst the pigeons, I'm quite fond of this:

void fn() {
while (...) {
switch (...) {
case :
case :
default : } } }

:-)

[Default User]

bart wrote:

Why is it that everybody likes the follwowing curly braces syntax

function() {
implementations ;
}

I find the following much better to read (C style)
If anything, the former is C-style, as it was used by the originators of
C in K&R. Often refered to as K&R style or OTBS (one true brace style).

function()
{
implementations ;
}

I have a preference for Whitesmith's style:

if (1)
{
std::cout << "code!\n";
}
Just pick a style and use it consistently.

Brian Rodenborn