[Python-Dev] Update PEP 7 to require curly braces in C
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Jan 18 23:27:21 EST 2016
Brett Cannon wrote:
> For me, I don't see how::
>
> if (x != 10)
> return NULL;
> do_some_more();
>
> is any clearer or more readable than::
>
> if (x != 10) {
> return NULL;
> }
> do_some_more();
Maybe not for that piece of code on its own, but the version
with braces takes up one more line. Put a few of those together,
and you can't fit as much code on the screen. If it makes the
difference between being able to see e.g. the whole of a loop
at once vs. having to scroll up and down, it could make the
code as a whole harder to read.
--
Greg
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