On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Ben Schulz <ya...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Mind my asking what you gain? Preferably something that does not fall > into the - arguably subjective - category of esthetics? Because if you > got nothing, then what's wrong with adding the braces? I find they > look dashing. Also they let me see - at a glance - whether it's a > block or a line that's indented due to wrapping. Plus it's uniform! >
You lose 60% vertical overview. > > I agree the chances of causing bugs due to omitted braces are slim to > none, but "whining" because one may gain nothing while giving up > nothing in return seems pointless to me. > > So, if it's esthetics, fine, do with your code as you please, but > leave the rest of us alone, will you? > > With kind regards > Ben > > On 9 Sep., 17:18, Reinier Zwitserloot <reini...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you're scared of creating bugs due to a lack of braces (e.g. you > > add a line and the code is not properly indented), you're doing it > > very very wrong. That should not be a worry in a proper development > > environment. > > > > auto-format is your friend. > > > > --Reinier "I have loads and loads of single statement unbraced if/ > > elses, and it's NEVER EVER caused a problem" Zwitserloot > > > > NB: Unless you've tried it, I don't want to hear about whines. > > > -- Viktor Klang Blog: klangism.blogspot.com Twttr: viktorklang Lift Committer - liftweb.com AKKA Committer - akkasource.org Cassidy - github.com/viktorklang/Cassidy.git SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
