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From: Wojtek <nowhere@a.com>
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Subject: Re: Indentation styles
Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 13:35:23 -0700
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lipska the kat wrote :
> On 07/05/13 17:11, Stefan Ram wrote:
>> Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> writes:
>>> ... and subsequently decided that I didn't want to bar() after all,
>>
> <snippage>
>
>> ... What I do /not/ like that much is:
>>
>> void alpha() {
>>    beta();
>>    gamma(); ...
>>
>
> Ah, my favorite style, I can't see why anyone would want or
> need anything else. I've been known to reformat code with a particularly 
> irritating bracketing style but life is too short so generally now I try to 
> live with it. But really ...
>
> void alpha() {
>      beta();
>      gamma();
> }
>
> Is a thing of beauty and a joy to behold, it's all you need :-)

Hmmm, I prefer my braces on their own line. In your style I am forever 
chasing my eye around the screen trying to find out if there is a 
brace, whereas a brace on a separate line stands out. YMMV but IMHO it 
is a faster way to read code.

-- 
Wojtek :-)