Quoting Christian Biere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from ml.softs.gtk-gnutella.devel:
:Alex Bennee wrote:
:> Maybe we should remove that rule and insist on braces all the time?
:
:Maybe.
I don't like to write:
if (cond) {
return;
}
or
if (cond) {
call();
}
or
if (cond) {
a = b;
}
In Perl, the {} are necessary on if statements, that is you MUST write
it like the above. BUT...
Perl has a postfix "if" condition, so the above simple statements can be
written:
return if cond;
call() if cond;
a = b if cond;
Which is why I don't mind that the braces be mandatory because I will always
write the latter form in Perl.
In C, since there is no postfix "if" and "unless", there is no question
about it. We must write that with a prefix "if", like:
if (cond)
return;
if (cond)
call();
if (cond)
a = b;
Mistakes do happen, as the current bug shows. But mistakes can always
happen anyway, so the fact it happened here due to a careless editing
(no blame, I have done it too on occasions) should not be a reason to make
it mandatory for code to look ugly.
Raphael
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