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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 11:41:23 -0700
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Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> writes:

> On 04/03/2025 18:14, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>
>> On 2025-03-04, bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The style I use for generated code is like this:
>>>
>>>       if (cond) {
>>>          stmt1;
>>>       }
>>>       else {
>>>          stmt2;
>>>       }
>>
>> I've been known to do this:
>>
>>    if (case_ineligible_for_switch) {
>>      // ...
>>    } else switch (state_variable) {
>>      // ...
>>    }
>>
>> or
>>
>>    if (case_not_requiring_loop) {
>>      // ...
>>    } else for (;;) {
>>      // ...
>>    }
>>
>> and I might even have historically perpetrated something like:
>>
>>    if (case_not_requiring_loop) {
>>      // ...
>>    } else if (case_requiring_loop) for (;;) {
>>      // ...
>>    } else {
>>      // ...
>>    }
>
> I like the brace on its own line.  It visually separates the
> condidition from the statement.

If someone wants visual separation, that can be done just
as well or better with a blank line.

> How do people format long and complex conditions, given that
> you're trying not to a much over 80 columns?

In almost all cases, revise the code so that conditions in if(),
while(), etc, result in a line not over 80 columns.  There are
various ways of doing this, such as factoring the condition into a
function, introducing auxiliary variables for sub-conditions, and so
forth.