[Python-Dev] Update PEP 7 to require curly braces in C (original) (raw)

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; dosomemore(); is any clearer or more readable than:: if (x != 10) { return NULL; } dosomemore();

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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