Post Race!

[Shaggy Hiker]

By the way, the dangling Else is a false problem in that example. Both C# and VB have a construct to bound the block. In C# it's the }, whereas in VB it's the End If. Had either one of those been used in the example, it would have been clear to which If the Else belonged.

[Gruff]

A bound dangling. Hmmm.

[dday9]

I dislike web development.

[dclamp]

You're welcome.

[FunkyDexter]

I dislike Elvis Braces

[Shaggy Hiker]

I'm in a bracing meeting.

[Gruff]

I dislike Elvis Braces

??? Whats that?

[FunkyDexter]

It's this {
   Format of {
      Braces
   }
}

Named because the braces look a bit like Elvis throwing one arm up in the air.

I hate them because I find them really confusing and unreadable.

I Find
{
   this
   {
      a lot more readable
   }
}

Of course, it's just a personal preference thing but I'm noticing that the Elvis Braces seem to be starting to take over.

[Gruff]

So what would you call this?

I'm not so
{ sure 
  { about this
  } 
}

[SJWhiteley]

so what would you call this?

i'm not so
{ sure 
  { about this
  } 
}

i c wut u did thar.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I've never heard the term 'Elvis braces' before, but they appear to be standard in JS.

[dday9]

Well for one, JavaScript is for the money.
For two, Java is for the show.
And for three, C++ is for the go cat go!

[Shaggy Hiker]

That's digging pretty deep for a youth like you.

[Gruff]

Pffft. Beatnik.

[FunkyDexter]

So what would you call this?

Bloody Horrible

they appear to be standard in JS

Yeah, I think that's probably why I feel like they're taking over. I'm doing more JavaScript lately than I used to (deliberate effort on my part so my woes are self inflicted) so it's probably just my warped perception. I am seeing them more and more in TSql examples too. I think that's probably because both RedGate and MS released code formatters that pick that approach by default.

My brace preference (cue some pun from Shaggy about keeping my trousers up) is either the one I posted in 61131 or, if a code block consists of a single line, this:-

If someCondition == true
{ Single Line of code }

That way my braces line up in pairs (either vertically or horizontally ) so it's nice and easy to see the scope they define. You can, of course, leave the braces out if it's a single line of code and that works for me too. My problem with the Elvis Braces is that they're staggered so it's hard to see what belongs together.


If your feeling kinda restless
And you need a new product to sell
Well down at the end of coding street is
.Net hotel

[FunkyDexter]

That

[FunkyDexter]

Was Way

[FunkyDexter]

Too Long

[FunkyDexter]

A Post

[FunkyDexter]

For PostRace

[Niya]

Moar mermaids perhaps ?

[dday9]

Niya!

[dday9]

Moarrrrr

[FunkyDexter]

Just as long as they're politically correct moarmaids.

[szlamany]

Just as long as they're politically correct moarmaids.

If he gets it wrong we'll just have to tweak it...

[Niya]

Just as long as they're politically correct moarmaids.

What does "politically correct" mean ? Does this mean that the mermaids have to support the right politicians ?....Maybe a Donald Trump mermaid ?

[FunkyDexter]

You wouldn't want go swimming when there was a trumping mermaid around.

[Shaggy Hiker]

It would be the hair.

[Shaggy Hiker]

By the way, how DOES bracing have anything to do with trousers? Is 'braces' another term for suspenders over there?

[dday9]

Brace yourself for this one!

[Shaggy Hiker]

I felt that the question was em-bracing knowledge.

[dday9]

What do you call a woman with braces? A black and decker pecker wrecker!

[dday9]

That one was a little naughty

[Shaggy Hiker]

I believe that somebody came up with the answer, then tried to come up with a question where that answer might, just possibly, be right.

[Sitten Spynne]

I'm partial to half-centaurs.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Which half?

Centaurs are even more messed up than mermaids. They have the complete torsos of both humans and horses. Which set of internal organs are being used? The human heart and lungs probably wouldn't be sufficient for the horse, and it's hard to say about the digestive tract. So, how does the plumbing work on those things?

[dday9]

I found this gem: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ew-Forum-rules

[Shaggy Hiker]

How?

[Shaggy Hiker]

And, I suppose: Why?

[FunkyDexter]

Is 'braces' another term for suspenders over there?

Not unless suspenders is another term for braces over there. Ladies use suspenders to keep there stockings up. Men use braces to keep their trousers up. Suspenders are a lot more fun than braces.