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On Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:12:28 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> Another thing I do to make code compact is to omit the braces if the
> body of the if or for is a single line.  However, I won't do this if the
> next line is up two or more levels, since I want everything to be
> accounted for with braces.  For instance:
> 
>     for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
> 	printf("%d\n", i);
> 	if((i % 2) == 0)        /* Omitted braces */
> 	    printf("The preceding number is even.\n");
> 	if((i % 3) == 0) {
> 	    printf("The preceding number is a multiple of 3.\n");
> 	}       /* Don't go up two levels without braces! */
>     }
>

I tend to use the braces for ifs out of self defense. I've been burned a 
couple of times with stuff like

if (foo == bar)
    exit(-1);

and at some later time deciding some logging would be nice.

if (foo == bar)
    log("something went off the rails!):
    exit(-1);

I also do things like test the return of malloc(). I know if malloc() 
returns NULL I probably have a snowball's chance of logging or doing 
anything graceful but it's worth a try.