Re: braces needed?

From: lilburne (lilburne_at_godzilla.net)
Date: 01/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:14:42 +0000

Jonathan Turkanis wrote:

> "Jack Klein" <jackklein@spamcop.net> wrote in message:
>
>>
>>There is just too much chance for error, not only when writing the
>>original code, but even more so later when the code is modified for
>>defect fixing or upgrade.
>>
>
>
> Certainly requiring braces seems to have wide acceptance, but your
> statement is an exaggeration. Glancing quickly through the standard,
> the Dinkumware standard library which ships with VC7.1, and the Boost
> source, I find numerous uses of 'if' without braces. Generally the
> meaning of such code is immediately clear.
>

Perhaps they don't have coding standards, or neglect them
from time to time. Our coding standard requires braces
around all control statements and even 'outlaws' single line
  variants:

    if (a < b) function();
    for (int x = 0; x < y; ++x) function();

yet from time to time you'll find such examples in the
codebase even written by the originators of the standard.
They get to fix it.

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