Re: [XBoard-devel] coding style

[Byrial Jensen]

Den 03-01-2012 23:21, h.g. muller skrev:
> > Guess this is a matter of taste... to me having those extra lines makes
> > it a lot more readable than the other version... mostly because I find
> > it easier to see where the block starts and ends by having the {} in the
> > same column...
>
> Well, that can be achieved without uing extra lines by writing the
> openig brace
> on the same line as the firststatement (and closing braces on the same
> line as
> a following else). Like
>
> if(A)
> { x = 1;
> y = 2;
> } else
> { x = 2;
> y = 1;
> }
>
> This is actually the style I used in my own programs.

I have seen been many coding styles, and don't object to most as long as 
their are used consequent, but I really dislike to place anything in a 
line after a {. That really decreases the overall overview in my 
opinion, so I would be very opposed to this.