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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 14:44:00 +0100
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On 05/03/2025 13:22, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Richard Heathfield:
> 
>> I like to break after a binary operator so that it is
>> syntactically obvious that the line must continue:
>>
>> if((a != b        &&
>>       c != d        &&
>>       e != f)       ||
>>      (g = h() * i() &&
>>      (j = k))
>> {
>>     foo();
>> }
>>
>> (You'll be glad to hear that that's not a direct quote!)
> 
> There is no way I like for the formatting of multiline
> conditions in if()'s. 

Agreed.  The correct (IMNO, of course) way to re-format the code above 
is to throw it out and start again.  There is no way to make it clear in 
a single expression.  (The appropriate way to organise the final result 
will depend on what these different identifiers actually are in real code.)