[Freeipa-devel] Proposed modification to C coding standard

[Sumit Bose]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 02:57:07PM -0400, John Dennis wrote:
> Our coding standards highly recommended *not* using braces following a  
> conditional when there is a single expression
>
> http://freeipa.com/page/Coding_Style#Conditions_and_Statements
>
> I propose to amend this so that it is highly recommended to always use  
> braces.
>
> Discussion:
>
> By not using braces to form a block there is an opportunity to introduce  
> a bug if a programmer adds another expression and fails to notice braces  
> are now needed to preserve program logic. Always using braces is simple  
> defensive programming practice and is recommended by many coding  
> standards. Practical experience has shown the failure to introduce  
> braces when none were there previously is a common mistake which  
> introduces bugs often not found until much later, this can be eliminated  
> by always using braces, readability is not compromised.
>

+1

bye,
Sumit