Re: [patch]clarification of coding style regarding conditional statements with two branches

[Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>]

Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> writes:

> Why, what's wrong with
> if (condition) {
> 	do_this();
> 	do_that();
> } else
> 	otherwise();
>
> ? It's more readable/nicer in my eyes than

I think so. And it means less lines #.

>> +if (condition) {
>> +	do_this();
>> +	do_that();
>> +} else {
>> +	otherwise();
>> +}

Exception:

if (x) {
	if (y)
		foo1();
	else
		foo2();
} else
	bar();

The braces after if(x) are needed so nobody thinks it's:

if (x)
	if (y)
		foo1();
else
	foo2();
else
	bar();

-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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