stbenge wrote:
> Halbert wrote:
>> I, for one, find it much easier to read C++ code which is braced like 
>> this:
>>
>> if(somecondition == 0)
>> {
>>     // do some stuff
>> }
>> else
>> {
>>     // do something else
>> }
> 
> I, for more than one, do not.
> 
>> As opposed to
>>
>> if(somecondition == 0) {
>>     // do some stuff
>> }
>> else {
>>     // do something else
>> }
> 
> To me, the latter method is much more like POV-Ray than the first 
> method. I learned POV first, so I guess that's why I do it.
> 

I learned POV first, too. But for C/C++ code, the second example seems 
foreign. I much prefer the first example.

But it's kind of like saying you prefer a room painted hunter green, 
while I'd prefer forest green.

The only thing I'll say is that if there are coding standards in place, 
follow the standard your organization uses.

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