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[Python-Dev] Update PEP 7 to require curly braces in C

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

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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