C bites / programming style [if

[jrife at fthood]

>	If the body is more complicated than an assignment or function
>call, I put it in braces, even though they really aren't needed, thus:
>
>	while ((foo = getfoo()) != EOF)	|
>	{				|       for (x=0; x <= 10; x++)
>		if (foo >= bar)		|       {
>			sum += foo;	|               for (y=0; y <= 10; y++)
>		else			|                       sumxy += x * y;
>			toosmall++;	|       }
>	}				|
>

I like this programming style myself, Roy.  But, one suggestion...if you move
the braces over, you end up with the braces in line with the level of
complication, and then *only* the opening and closing braces of a function are
in the first column, thus:

	while ((foo = getfoo()) != EOF)
		{
		if (foo >= bar)
			sum += foo;
		else
			toosmall++;
		}

It also makes constructs such as:

	while ((foo = getfoo()) != EOF)
		{
		if (foo >= bar)
			{
			sum += foo;
			bar = stuff * 3;
			}
		else
			{
			toosmall++;
			if (garbage != foo)
				garbage--;
			}
		}
easy to understand.  And, now, autoindent on vi works very nicely.

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