Brace style
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
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My favourite (probably) apocryphal story on this point is that K&R used their style for no other reason that to save space (and thus publishing costs) in their book. I sooo want this to be true. What about this one: if (something) { do_something(); } While we're at it... Tabs or spaces? :-)
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The latter. The former is used only by miscreants and rogues. :suss:
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
If you have an ounce of artistry in your soul as a programmer you would use the latter. The first one drives me nuts, it just screams out to me to be dropped down to the latter style. I find the visual style and symmetry of code to be equally important as comments in understanding it and life is to short to play "match the braces" when editing existing code. Every block of code should be indented from it's surrounding block and the opening and closing characters should be on the same column.
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Thats crazy, even marking it as code this site doesn't keep your formating. Whoever coded this webform is going to go to scripting hell. Every thing he codes will be parsed and emulated on a Comandor 64, no native code for you:laugh:
The pre tag is what you want. code is only intended for a small snippet of code in the middle of plain text. Yes it is confusing. :mad:
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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The pre tag is what you want. code is only intended for a small snippet of code in the middle of plain text. Yes it is confusing. :mad:
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
if (condition) then do something endif -CB :)
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As far as "proper" I sorta meant it as a tongue in cheek remark. The style to which one uses brace formatting is really up to the user. It has its merits either way.
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I prefer the former, but VS 2005 forces me to use the latter. Everyone in my company uses VS 2005 so I have to use the same style to be consistent. Jim
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
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Last one complies to coding standards. First one is for folk who don't know any better. How about an if that runs only 1 line of code. A:
if{//do something} dothis other code.....B:if{//do something} { dothis } other code.....Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]
Frank Kerrigan wrote:
Last one complies to coding standards
And if the coding standard said to jump off a bridge?
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
All paired items (braces, brackets, parentheses, quotes, and "angle-brackets") (and commas within a list) should be aligned either horizontally or vertically.
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The latter. The former is used only by miscreants and rogues. :suss:
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i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.
--BarnaKol on abusive words
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
I have a scientific(ish) test for this. * Print out a sample of code on A4 paper in 10 point courier font. * Stick it to the wall * Stand several metres away (more if you have good eyesight) * If you can still clearly discern the structure of the code then you have a good layout style
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
Well, it depends on the context, code, tool used, etc... Sometimes one can be more suitable than the other. For example, when functions are larger than a page, if you position in the closing brace, (X)Emacs helps you and prints in the minibuffer the matched opening brace. If you use the former (e.g.: if (x == 0) { ) it is helpful. I'm sure you can find pros and cons for both. Just my 2 cents, Tomas
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
it doesn't really matter UNLESS you're nesting loops like a madman. My first script (almost 900 lines) had about 16 nested loops (ie. 16 deep !) and it obviously hurt like hell trying to debug it. I just wrote it without any planning or consideration for separating tasks into modules or even routines. Looking back, I am amazed I wasn't quietly assassinated by the programmer who had to check it over when I began running it at work, on the live system. Anyway, I converted to the latter style (braces on new lines) because it gave me that little bit of help seeing the blocks/scopes. modern IDE's have a beautify option so it doesn't matter anymore. Wish I'd known that back then. I'm considering starting a thread about 'my first script..was shocking' because it does get funnier the more I think about it.....but I can't find the option to 'start a new thread'. Do I just 'reply' but change the subject field?
'All there really is, is: virtue and vice' ...Black Crowes
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
Prefer the latter and require them. Too many bugs find their way into the code without.
ed ~"Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -Frank Outlaw.
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Which one you prefer ?
if{
//do something
}Or
if
{
//do something
}
printf("Navaneeth!!") www.w3hearts.com
Gotta say, I prefer the latter for two reasons 1.)because I can place the cursor next to one brace and find the matching one just by using the up/down arows on my keyboard. works with any text file editor, syntax aware or not (even notepad) 2.) there are occasions where want to remove the condition but keep the code block eg // if (condition) { // do something } Easy to achieve either way of course, but just that little bit easier the second way (because you only need to "play" with one line. Having said that, the company I work for uses the first method, so I'm pretty much stuck with it. After the first 5 minutes using a particular style professionals will get used to it. If someones skills are that shaky that "weird" braces cause them to melt down, they'd probably want to be brushing up on those software engineering 101 skills...:laugh: Karl
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The real problem with braces is not the style itself, but different styles in the same project, or even file. Most IDEs can reformat the code, but that way there are a few problems with source control... BTW, I prefer this:
if(true) {
// Blah
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Dario Solera wrote:
The real problem with braces is not the style itself, but different styles in the same project, or even file.
There was this guy I knew.... :^)
Dario Solera wrote:
BTW, I prefer this: if(true) { // Blah }
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Dario Solera wrote:
The real problem with braces is not the style itself, but different styles in the same project, or even file.
There was this guy I knew.... :^)
Dario Solera wrote:
BTW, I prefer this: if(true) { // Blah }
You have disappointed me. Prepare to die....
Cheers, Vıkram.
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byalmightybobVikram A Punathambekar wrote:
You have disappointed me.
:zzz:
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Blog - My Photos - ScrewTurn Wiki
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My favourite (probably) apocryphal story on this point is that K&R used their style for no other reason that to save space (and thus publishing costs) in their book. I sooo want this to be true. What about this one: if (something) { do_something(); } While we're at it... Tabs or spaces? :-)