• @salimundo
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    12 years ago

    Why isn’t the else curly lined up with the end of the else word? I’d your gonna go crazy might as well go all the way I guess 😜

    • TheInsane42
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      12 years ago

      The { of the else is just the 2nd, optional, part of the if statement, so I was learned to align it with the opening keyword. I do the same with the then keyword, when the language requires a then, then it’s aligned with the i if if an the { with the f of if.

      In the old days, when memory was expensive (in the day of 4k computers), even an extra cr/lf was worth preventing. Hence C has no then, C layout is usually { … } for one liners… or even without the { },… I learned to program in the IT dark ages. ;)