Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!apple!well!pokey From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Latest indent request Message-ID: <7837@well.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 08:57:54 GMT References: <9125@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> Reply-To: Jef PoskanzerOrganization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal Lines: 34 In the referenced message, jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum) wrote: >I have one MAJOR gripe with the above { } scheme. Consider: > >main () >{ > if (expr) > { > while (cond) > { > }; > } >/* possible missing } on this line??? */ >} > >This is UGLY UGLY UGLY. It is also counter-intuitive. No, silly. Here's how you do it: main () { if (expr) { while (cond) { }; } } This style is common among ex Pascal programmers. --- Jef Jef Poskanzer jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov ...well!pokey "Wow! Ginger! The spice that makes rotten meat taste good!"