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From: chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang)
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Subject: Re: if (e1) return e2; [else] s1;
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Date: 24 Mar 90 01:06:00 GMT
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In article <887@dino.cs.iastate.edu> hascall@cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall) writes:
>    I'm not sure which of the above is better, but I am sort of
>    "stuck on" the following convention:
>
>    if (e1) s1;        \
>      --or--            \
>    if (e1) {           | Does this seem reasonable?
>	s1;             | (ignoring whether or not the `{'
>    }                   | belongs on the next line or not)
>    --but never--       |
>    if (e1)             /
>	s1;            /

I'm probably not one to be talking about style, but...  I agree.  In fact,
I go so far as to never use the first form (almost).  I also like to spread
things out a little more, so it looks more like:
    if (spam->flags | EATEN)
        {
        Barf();
        } /* if */
    else
        {
        OnlyGetQueasy();
        } /* else */

The third form I never use, since I otherwise find myself forgetting to enclose
's1' in braces if I go back and add a second statement.  (I will use it on 
rare occasions in long lists of if/elseif/else's where I am 99.9% sure I will
not be adding any other statements, since otherwise they'd take up way too much
much room, especially given my style of indentation and { placement...)

OTOH, I change my style often enough that if you asked me this question six
months from now, I'd probably vehemently criticize such a preposterous
proposition. :-)

 -Chris
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