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Cuddling does gain you a few things (Score:2)

by ethan (3163)

The key is that having the else outdented shows that it's a point of the flow of control. It all the more important if you get into elsifs.

But the code following the condition is indented so I don't see what uncuddling would gain you when it comes to visual clarity. Furthermore, by cuddling them it becomes obvious that the various if/elseif/.../else cases are really part of one bigger statement where only one of the indented code-blocks is ever executed.

Finally, the lines you save by cuddling could make
- Re:Cuddling does gain you a few things (Score:2)
  
  by merlyn (47)
  Seconded. I find "} else {" or "} elsif (COND) {" to be a natural "step" in my program. Putting that on two separate lines won't gain me any more understanding.
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  Randal L. Schwartz
  
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  - Re:Cuddling does gain you a few things (Score:1)
    
    by zatoichi (4897) on 2005.04.20 7:46 (#39835) Journal
    
    No but it is easier on the eyes...
    
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