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  • J Jeremy Falcon

    Ok, you have a good point with that, but it's still not worth the trade off of having really extra long files / routines. Besides, it gives you something to spot the new guys with so you can give them a hard time.

    Jeremy Falcon

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    Sander Rossel
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    #26

    Jeremy Falcon wrote:

    it's still not worth the trade off of having really extra long files / routines

    It's really very much worth it. Look at it this way, if (it prevents a subtle bug from going into production (and dependent on your internal processes that chance may be a considerable risk)) { you may have saved that company downtime or wrong data and dependent on the size of that company a whole lot of money! } else { you just scroll a bit extra (it's negligable) and no one gets hurt... }

    Jeremy Falcon wrote:

    so you can give them a hard time.

    If the new guy screws up I'm the one responsible and I can get to fix whatever he broke, so that joke's on me ;)

    My blog[^]

    public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
    {
    public void DoWork()
    {
    throw new NotSupportedException();
    }
    }

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    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

      Jeremy Falcon wrote:

      it's still not worth the trade off of having really extra long files / routines

      It's really very much worth it. Look at it this way, if (it prevents a subtle bug from going into production (and dependent on your internal processes that chance may be a considerable risk)) { you may have saved that company downtime or wrong data and dependent on the size of that company a whole lot of money! } else { you just scroll a bit extra (it's negligable) and no one gets hurt... }

      Jeremy Falcon wrote:

      so you can give them a hard time.

      If the new guy screws up I'm the one responsible and I can get to fix whatever he broke, so that joke's on me ;)

      My blog[^]

      public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
      {
      public void DoWork()
      {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
      }
      }

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      Jeremy Falcon
      wrote on last edited by
      #27

      Not being able to see your code as a whole can also cause much harder to spot subtle bugs as well. Still not worth the trade off. Besides, you're forgetting this[^].

      Jeremy Falcon

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      • J Jeremy Falcon

        kmoorevs wrote:

        I don't always use {}, but when I do, I also prefer then on their own lines for readability.

        Click Me[^]

        Jeremy Falcon

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        kmoorevs
        wrote on last edited by
        #28

        High five! :laugh:

        "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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        • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

          if (condition) { this.DoThis(); } else { this.DoThat(); }

          You probably meant

          Ian Shlasko wrote:

          It's not properly formatted until there's only one token per line in the entire application.

          I guess it's theoretically possible... :~

          My blog[^]

          public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
          {
          public void DoWork()
          {
          throw new NotSupportedException();
          }
          }

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          glennPattonWork3
          wrote on last edited by
          #29

          Way back in my College days the Software Lecturer told us (the class) it wasn't possible to do the above. I proved her wrong by writing a short Pascal (I think) program with no returns all on one line, ah Youth :)

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          • G glennPattonWork3

            Way back in my College days the Software Lecturer told us (the class) it wasn't possible to do the above. I proved her wrong by writing a short Pascal (I think) program with no returns all on one line, ah Youth :)

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            _Damian S_
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            #30

            The end of the story - "...and that's how I got to repeat introduction to programming!!"

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            • J Jeremy Falcon

              Chris, you can't BS me, come on man. You honestly expect me to buy that not using brackets for a single-line if condition makes code harder to maintain? Seriously? Where's the joke icon?

              Jeremy Falcon

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              Chris Losinger
              wrote on last edited by
              #31

              it certainly is harder to maintain. i can't count how many times i've had to fix something in code that only uses brackets when one or more statements are being controlled. so you get stuff like:

              for (i=0;i<10;i++)
              for (x=0;x<10;x++)
              if (xyz) foo()
              else for (z=0;z<10;z++)
              bazinga();
              bar();

              and then you have to spend precious brain wattage figuring out that bar(); has nothing to do with any of the rest of it. this isn't 1967, 3 bytes for a bracket and an CR/NL isn't going to run you out of punch cards. make the code readable!

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              • R R Giskard Reventlov

                Why are people so lazy? For example, how hard is it to

                if (condition)
                {
                DoThis();
                }
                else
                {
                DoThat();
                }

                as opposed to:

                if (condition)
                DoThis();
                else
                DoThat();

                Pedants :sigh:

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                Mladen Jankovic
                wrote on last edited by
                #32

                The decision which to use is simple: - follow the coding standard - if you don't have it, use whichever style is used in file/project - new project/file, use whatever you find more atheistically pleasing to you Personal atheistic preference is one of very few arguments that I can accept as valid in this "debate" (like in any other debate on any kind of style). The only argument that is supported by concrete numbers is saved on-screen space by the second style. All other arguments are largely unsubstantiated (maybe I'm wrong, but let me see some numbers) So don't go around calling people lazy just because they don't conform to your preference, it can make you look obnoxious. <edit> My preference: ?:. What' you gonna do now? <edit>

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                • R R Giskard Reventlov

                  Why are people so lazy? For example, how hard is it to

                  if (condition)
                  {
                  DoThis();
                  }
                  else
                  {
                  DoThat();
                  }

                  as opposed to:

                  if (condition)
                  DoThis();
                  else
                  DoThat();

                  Pedants :sigh:

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                  Lost User
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #33

                  Do you really require 8 lines to convey 4 lines worth of information? Perhaps "begin" and "end" would be even more clear? How about "then"? :)

                  if (condition) then
                  begin
                  DoThis();
                  end
                  else
                  begin
                  DoThat();
                  end;

                  Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                  • R R Giskard Reventlov

                    Why are people so lazy? For example, how hard is it to

                    if (condition)
                    {
                    DoThis();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                    DoThat();
                    }

                    as opposed to:

                    if (condition)
                    DoThis();
                    else
                    DoThat();

                    Pedants :sigh:

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                    Nemanja Trifunovic
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #34

                    I am not lazy (well, I may be, but that's not the point) and the reason I prefer the latter is to reduce the noise. Less noise, more readability.

                    utf8-cpp

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                    • R R Giskard Reventlov

                      Why are people so lazy? For example, how hard is it to

                      if (condition)
                      {
                      DoThis();
                      }
                      else
                      {
                      DoThat();
                      }

                      as opposed to:

                      if (condition)
                      DoThis();
                      else
                      DoThat();

                      Pedants :sigh:

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                      Marc Clifton
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #35

                      Personally, for one line this-or-that... condition.IfTrue(()=>DoThis()).Else(()=>DoThat()); ;P Marc

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                      • G glennPattonWork3

                        Way back in my College days the Software Lecturer told us (the class) it wasn't possible to do the above. I proved her wrong by writing a short Pascal (I think) program with no returns all on one line, ah Youth :)

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                        PIEBALDconsult
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #36

                        :thumbsup: Quite. The maturity of a programming language may (in part) be calculated by how many newlines are required. A proper language requires none.

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                        • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                          And why couldn't you write

                          if (condition)
                          {
                          this.DoThis();
                          }
                          else
                          {
                          this.DoThat();
                          }

                          Now this code is totally unambiguous :) Although I know some people who really hate this...

                          My blog[^]

                          public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                          {
                          public void DoWork()
                          {
                          throw new NotSupportedException();
                          }
                          }

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                          Nish Nishant
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #37

                          That looks good to me :-)

                          Regards, Nish


                          Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                          • M Mladen Jankovic

                            The decision which to use is simple: - follow the coding standard - if you don't have it, use whichever style is used in file/project - new project/file, use whatever you find more atheistically pleasing to you Personal atheistic preference is one of very few arguments that I can accept as valid in this "debate" (like in any other debate on any kind of style). The only argument that is supported by concrete numbers is saved on-screen space by the second style. All other arguments are largely unsubstantiated (maybe I'm wrong, but let me see some numbers) So don't go around calling people lazy just because they don't conform to your preference, it can make you look obnoxious. <edit> My preference: ?:. What' you gonna do now? <edit>

                            Commodore 64 emulator for Windows Phone

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                            enhzflep
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                            #38

                            Mladen Janković wrote:

                            So don't go around calling people lazy just because they don't conform to your preference, it can make you look obnoxious.

                            :thumbsup: ++Mladen.rep;

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                            • L Lost User

                              I know what you're saying; however, there are times I find the second one easier to read. For example, if I have several of those on a page the extra symbols spread stuff out. I still do it the first way, but there are times when the second is easier for me to read.

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                              Paulo Zemek
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #39

                              I agree with you. And I am actually the kind of person that when has to modify something like:

                              if (something)
                              {
                              DoA();
                              DoB();
                              }

                              To only call a DoAB(), I will go there and kill the extra { and }. So, I have more work doing that, but I keep consistency. So, it becomes:

                              if (something)
                              DoAB();

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                              • M Mladen Jankovic

                                The decision which to use is simple: - follow the coding standard - if you don't have it, use whichever style is used in file/project - new project/file, use whatever you find more atheistically pleasing to you Personal atheistic preference is one of very few arguments that I can accept as valid in this "debate" (like in any other debate on any kind of style). The only argument that is supported by concrete numbers is saved on-screen space by the second style. All other arguments are largely unsubstantiated (maybe I'm wrong, but let me see some numbers) So don't go around calling people lazy just because they don't conform to your preference, it can make you look obnoxious. <edit> My preference: ?:. What' you gonna do now? <edit>

                                Commodore 64 emulator for Windows Phone

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                                R Giskard Reventlov
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #40

                                Mladen Janković wrote:

                                it can make you look obnoxious.

                                But I am obnoxious

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                                • L Lost User

                                  Do you really require 8 lines to convey 4 lines worth of information? Perhaps "begin" and "end" would be even more clear? How about "then"? :)

                                  if (condition) then
                                  begin
                                  DoThis();
                                  end
                                  else
                                  begin
                                  DoThat();
                                  end;

                                  Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                                  Xmen Real
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                                  #41

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                                  • P Paulo Zemek

                                    I agree with you. And I am actually the kind of person that when has to modify something like:

                                    if (something)
                                    {
                                    DoA();
                                    DoB();
                                    }

                                    To only call a DoAB(), I will go there and kill the extra { and }. So, I have more work doing that, but I keep consistency. So, it becomes:

                                    if (something)
                                    DoAB();

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                                    Brady Kelly
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #42

                                    I prefer

                                    if (something) DoAB();

                                    for the latter. I never use it, but have recently come across it. It seems more readable to me.

                                    No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

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                                    • R R Giskard Reventlov

                                      Why are people so lazy? For example, how hard is it to

                                      if (condition)
                                      {
                                      DoThis();
                                      }
                                      else
                                      {
                                      DoThat();
                                      }

                                      as opposed to:

                                      if (condition)
                                      DoThis();
                                      else
                                      DoThat();

                                      Pedants :sigh:

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                                      Andy Brummer
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #43

                                      If both branches are a single line, I prefer the second. However, I've seen too much of this abomination:

                                      if (condition)
                                      {
                                      DoThis();
                                      DoSomethingElse();
                                      }
                                      else
                                      DoThat();

                                      Curvature of the Mind now with 3D

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                                      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                        Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                                        it's still not worth the trade off of having really extra long files / routines

                                        It's really very much worth it. Look at it this way, if (it prevents a subtle bug from going into production (and dependent on your internal processes that chance may be a considerable risk)) { you may have saved that company downtime or wrong data and dependent on the size of that company a whole lot of money! } else { you just scroll a bit extra (it's negligable) and no one gets hurt... }

                                        Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                                        so you can give them a hard time.

                                        If the new guy screws up I'm the one responsible and I can get to fix whatever he broke, so that joke's on me ;)

                                        My blog[^]

                                        public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                                        {
                                        public void DoWork()
                                        {
                                        throw new NotSupportedException();
                                        }
                                        }

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                                        Brady Kelly
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #44

                                        Your automated tests should prevent a subtle bug even making it into the testing environment.

                                        No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

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                                        • C Chris Losinger

                                          it certainly is harder to maintain. i can't count how many times i've had to fix something in code that only uses brackets when one or more statements are being controlled. so you get stuff like:

                                          for (i=0;i<10;i++)
                                          for (x=0;x<10;x++)
                                          if (xyz) foo()
                                          else for (z=0;z<10;z++)
                                          bazinga();
                                          bar();

                                          and then you have to spend precious brain wattage figuring out that bar(); has nothing to do with any of the rest of it. this isn't 1967, 3 bytes for a bracket and an CR/NL isn't going to run you out of punch cards. make the code readable!

                                          image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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                                          Brady Kelly
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #45

                                          Hear hear.

                                          No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

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