Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> writes:

On 04/03/2025 18:14, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
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On 2025-03-04, bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
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The style I use for generated code is like this:
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      if (cond) {
         stmt1;
      }
      else {
         stmt2;
      }

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I've been known to do this:
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   if (case_ineligible_for_switch) {
     // ...
   } else switch (state_variable) {
     // ...
   }
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or
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   if (case_not_requiring_loop) {
     // ...
   } else for (;;) {
     // ...
   }
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and I might even have historically perpetrated something like:
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   if (case_not_requiring_loop) {
     // ...
   } else if (case_requiring_loop) for (;;) {
     // ...
   } else {
     // ...
   }

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I like the brace on its own line.  It visually separates the
condidition from the statement.

If someone wants visual separation, that can be done just
as well or better with a blank line.

How do people format long and complex conditions, given that
you're trying not to a much over 80 columns?

In almost all cases, revise the code so that conditions in if(),
while(), etc, result in a line not over 80 columns.  There are
various ways of doing this, such as factoring the condition into a
function, introducing auxiliary variables for sub-conditions, and so
forth.