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Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

From Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date 2025-03-09 11:41 -0700
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Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> writes:

> On 04/03/2025 18:14, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>
>> On 2025-03-04, bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The style I use for generated code is like this:
>>>
>>>       if (cond) {
>>>          stmt1;
>>>       }
>>>       else {
>>>          stmt2;
>>>       }
>>
>> I've been known to do this:
>>
>>    if (case_ineligible_for_switch) {
>>      // ...
>>    } else switch (state_variable) {
>>      // ...
>>    }
>>
>> or
>>
>>    if (case_not_requiring_loop) {
>>      // ...
>>    } else for (;;) {
>>      // ...
>>    }
>>
>> and I might even have historically perpetrated something like:
>>
>>    if (case_not_requiring_loop) {
>>      // ...
>>    } else if (case_requiring_loop) for (;;) {
>>      // ...
>>    } else {
>>      // ...
>>    }
>
> I like the brace on its own line.  It visually separates the
> condidition from the statement.

If someone wants visual separation, that can be done just
as well or better with a blank line.

> How do people format long and complex conditions, given that
> you're trying not to a much over 80 columns?

In almost all cases, revise the code so that conditions in if(),
while(), etc, result in a line not over 80 columns.  There are
various ways of doing this, such as factoring the condition into a
function, introducing auxiliary variables for sub-conditions, and so
forth.

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Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2025-03-04 17:56 +0300
  Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-03-04 15:18 +0000
    Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-03-04 16:01 +0000
      Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-04 18:14 +0000
        Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2025-03-04 21:49 +0000
          Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-03-04 22:17 +0000
            Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-04 22:26 +0000
              Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-03-04 22:40 +0000
            Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-04 23:45 +0000
            Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-03-05 05:46 +0100
              Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-03-05 07:02 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-03-05 09:35 +0100
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-03-05 08:39 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-03-05 09:58 +0100
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-05 19:12 +0000
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                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-06 01:22 +0000
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                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-03-05 16:40 +0000
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                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2025-03-05 17:32 +0000
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                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-03-05 21:46 +0100
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-03-05 14:58 -0800
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                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-03-06 14:49 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2025-03-06 17:52 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-03-06 18:05 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-06 21:14 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-03-07 15:37 +0100
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-03-07 12:17 -0800
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                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-03-12 15:23 -0700
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-13 00:12 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-03-13 09:30 +0100
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-13 09:44 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-13 16:19 +0200
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-03-13 16:20 +0100
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-03-06 20:36 +0100
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? G <g@nowhere.invalid> - 2025-03-07 09:28 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-07 21:16 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-06 20:49 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-05 22:02 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-03-05 23:46 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-06 00:46 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-03-06 10:53 +0100
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-03-06 14:48 +0000
                Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-06 21:18 +0000
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          Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-04 23:36 +0000
          Re: Which code style do you prefer the most? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-03-09 11:41 -0700
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