Pet Peeve
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condition
? DoThis()
: DoThat();And now? All in all none of this really matters. As long as everyone on the project sticks to a predetermined coding standard, then the format doesn't matter as much, as long as its consistent. Consistency in code can resolve a huge amount of misunderstanding.
Standard? STANDARD? What's that??? I found that we do keep to standards whenever all the other developers code exactly the same way as I do. ;P
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
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That's not good enough...
if
(
condition
)
{
this
.
DoThis
(
)
;
}
else
{
this
.
DoThat
(
)
;
}It's not properly formatted until there's only one token per line. :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Totally agree...but for a very spesific reason. I'm using a Braille display with a maximum of 40 chars per line, so it have a influence on my format preferences... ;P Seriously though, if (condition) { Action1(); } else { Action2(); } is my real preference, and there's a plus to that, whenever the situation change to have more than one statement for the if test, the person who has to change it doesn't have to remember to go and fill in the {}.:cool:
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I understand... and I can't say I disagree... that arrives to the point of preference, not to the point of usefulness. But one thing I never do is 2 (or more) real calls in the same line: SomeObject.DoCallOne().DoCall2(otherObject.AnotherCallWithAResult(), evenAnotherObject.WithEvenAnExtraCall(), theFinal.ObjectWithTheFinalCall());
Just your contrived example hurts my eyes. I'd hate to see that in real life. :~
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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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... :~
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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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:
I don't care very much as long as it's consistent. But since you can't make multiple statements without braces...
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello (√-shit)2
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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();That works fine until you get this in the code after all :)
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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:
Either one of those suits me fine. The ones I can't stand are these:
if (condition)
{
DoThis();
}
else
DoThat();if (condition)
DoThis();
else
{
DoThat();
}Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
Mladen Janković wrote:
it can make you look obnoxious.
But I am obnoxious
Well I can't argue with that :)
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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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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:
Karel Čapek wrote:
Why are people so lazy?
Did it occur to you that it may be about style and not laziness? Some people can have even another style:
if (condition) DoThis();
else DoThat();To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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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
It's slower to read an if statement with code on the same line because your eyes have to track to the right. It's the same reason why you shouldn't place form titles and fields on the same line. Here's some articles on it: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2006/07/label-placement-in-forms.php[^] http://uxmag.com/articles/eye-tracking-and-web-usability-a-good-fit[^]
Daniel Vaughan Twitter | Blog | Microsoft MVP | Projects: Calcium SDK, Clog | LinkedIn
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It's slower to read an if statement with code on the same line because your eyes have to track to the right. It's the same reason why you shouldn't place form titles and fields on the same line. Here's some articles on it: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2006/07/label-placement-in-forms.php[^] http://uxmag.com/articles/eye-tracking-and-web-usability-a-good-fit[^]
Daniel Vaughan Twitter | Blog | Microsoft MVP | Projects: Calcium SDK, Clog | LinkedIn
Cool, thanks. I've bookmarked those.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Sure it's easy, until another developer adds a second line and forgets to add brackets. I've been working in some source code that didn't use brackets for single statements. I introduced a few bugs by not adding them when I had to and I've been wondering more than once if the original developer REALLY meant not to add brackets....
if (condition)
DoThis();
else
DoThat();
DoAnotherThing();is really weird to look at and at the very least makes you wonder if it was intended... Especially if
DoAnotherThing();isn't properly in/outdented!public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}I am currently working on a system where most of the software was written in C in the early 1980s. It is formatted so badly that stuff like
if (condition) DoThis();else DoThat();
DoAnotherThing();is not uncommon at all. Add to that, there is no consistent use of tabs vs. spaces, no consistent tab stops, no naming conventions. Honestly, use the braces or don't, just be consistent, dammit. Proper indentation is far more valuable than brace usage; don't use TAB for indentation, and do stuff the same way, every damn time.
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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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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... :~
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}You guys need to investigate APL, a language described by one of my fellow students as "the ultimate in elegance"
Jim
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I only remove braces on single-line method preconditions at the beginning of a method:
if (arg==null) throw new ArgumentNullException("arg", arg);
Everywhere else I put braces.
Vark111 wrote:
if (arg==null) throw new ArgumentNullException("arg", arg);
Let me guess - You're used to dealing with Pirated software??? ;)
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
Too much whitespace/not enough whitespace. The "Great Debate" goes on. Some programmers get paid by LOC, so they're induced to spread things out. Some programmers like to show how smart they are, so they try to condense everything to one line of cryptic functions. Other programmers heard "this" is the right way to do it. For me, the key is "consistency". I want my code and all my programmers' code to look identical. It should be totally transparent who wrote the code. And the code needs to be clear, quickly comprehensible and understandable, yet concise. I don't want to spend my time figuring out what John Doe was doing and maybe miss some key element when I'm under pressure to fix a problem or develop a new capability. I tell my programmers that "I was around long before you came and I will be around long after you leave. Do it my way because I will have to maintain it later." I just had to work on a one-liner script from another company that incorporated at least 12 function calls. Took me the better part of a week to figure out where the bug was. Yes it looked slick, but a week wasted is two weeks lost. That's my thoughts--clear, comprehensible, concise.
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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(); -
but that's the start of the problem! someday, someone is going to have to come along and add some more logic in that if, and you've just forced them to do the work you should've done the first time! IMO
Correct. If you have a 'rule' which says, "(don't) use braces, except in these special cases", then you have to remember the special cases. I'm in the braces-good camp for the reasons Chris supplied above. Missing them doesn't make your code noticeably more concise, and does make your code (and, more importantly, your intentions, when you've run away from this project and I'm trying to figure it out [or vice-versa]) noticeably more readable.
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The rule that I have is that you omit the braces iff the statement is a simple single line. Also, if either branch needs braces then both get them, and loops always have braces.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
You beat me to it man. If it's hard to read then I use them. For simple things concise wins. +5
Jeremy Falcon
