Re: FOP Style Guide (update)

[Peter B. West]

J.Pietschmann wrote:

Peter B. West wrote:

if (isEnabled()) {
    return true;
}

is absurd.

Not necessarily. I it *much* easier to add a
System.out.println() to this than to either

  if (isEnabled())    return true;
or
  if (isEnabled())
    return true;

Agreed.

If you are debugging code written by someone else,
this should be worth the trouble of the additional
line with the closing brace.

When I add the println, I also add the braces. The motivation for eliminating the braces is the readability of the code when there is only one line, which is a very frequent occurrence. It comes to a balance of motives and requirements.

I like to have as much code as possible in my viewing window, but I also like to scatter blank lines about - readability again, to this jaundiced eye. These conflicting demands are one reason I'm so fond of compact one-liners.

Peter
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