Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!wright!bkottman From: bkottman@wright.EDU (Brett Kottmann) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Indenting Message-ID: <704@thor.wright.EDU> Date: 1 Oct 89 19:01:43 GMT References: <89273.185750TBC101@PSUVM.BITNET> Organization: Wright State University, Dayton OH, 45435 Lines: 24 in article <89273.185750TBC101@PSUVM.BITNET>, TBC101@PSUVM.BITNET (Thomas B. Collins, Jr.) says: > >> IF COUNT <> 0 THEN >> BEGIN >> AVG := TOTAL / COUNT; >> END; >> . > mine), and also for the fact that a begin and end bracket a single > statement (after the IF). Then again, this is my opinion, and if your > I teach this as GOOD programming style. Especially for software engineering. An addition to the BEGIN/END bracketed code consists of just adding the new code, and not inserting a BEGIN, END, and checking for semicolons on the pre-existing code. As you said, this is largely an opinion call, but I really feel it reduces errors when new statements are added. Brett Kottmann Wright State U ======================================================================== A mistake a day helps keep arrogance away. ========================================================================