Dare I introduce the following?

if(blah)
    {
    code ...
    code...
    }
else
    {
    code...
    code...
    }

GB

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Mansheim" <Michael_J_Mansheim@GRACO.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:18 AM
Subject: [OT]: C syntax


> I used [OT] to be safe - could this have been [PIC] or [EE]?
>
> I've always formatted if/while/for, etc. C blocks like this:
>
> if (blah)
> {
>     code...
>     code...
> }
>
> but a newer guy here does this:
>
> if (blah){
>     code...
>     code...
> }
>
> It seems this is what is being taught now.  The first way makes it so
> clear what code goes with what set of braces that the second way really
> bugs me!  Why is it used??  I'm sure there are folks on the list that
> use it that could tell me.
> My guess would be to save that one line - but, in that case, why not put
> the ending brace on the same line as the last line of code?

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