On Feb 4, 2005, at 09:09, Alan Gauld wrote:
Correct. The style you show (which I called Pascal style) is the one that doesn't work. K&R style
if(foo) { bar; }
Is the one that won the shootout.
With the outsider(which I dont know a name for!) beating both...
if (foo) { bar; }
According to the Jargon file, this one is called Whitesmiths style. I tend to use Allman style myself, but given the code completion, spellchecking, etc. in modern IDEs, I suspect it's become more a question of personal preference than anything else.
A bit like if(foo) versus if (foo), and whether or not to use braces for single-line blocks. (the latter issue being why I think The Whitespace Thing is an instance of Best Thing Ever(TM))
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