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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: how to make a macro work as a single line if stmt without braces
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:39:31 -0700
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Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> writes:
[...]
> This is unreadable and unacceptable
>
>   if (condition) {
>     whatever1;    /* <-- Bad! No vertical separation! */
>     whatever2;
>   }
>
>   for (abc; def; ghi) {
>     whatever1;    /* <-- Bad! No vertical separation! */
>     whatever2;
>   }
>
> This is _immensely_ more readable
>
>   if (condition)
>   {               /* <-- Good! Vertical space */
>     whatever1;
>     whatever2;
>   }
>
>   for (abc; def; fgh)
>   {               /* <-- Good! Vertical space */
>     whatever1;
>     whatever2;
>   }
[...]

Andrey, I hope you're aware that you're stating your own personal
preferences as if they were incontrovertible fact.

Readability is a combination of the text being read and the person
reading it.  I accept without question that *you* find K&R-style
brace placement "unreadable and unacceptable".  A lot of experienced
C programmers, myself included, either prefer the K&R style or
find both styles more or less equally readable.  And many prefer
vertically aligned braces but can deal with K&R-style braces.

I have some quirks of my own, things that most people accept but
I hate, so I get where you're coming from.  But I suggest it would
be good for you to be aware that your preferences are something of
an outlier, and that arguing about it isn't going to be productive.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */