[MLUG] Quick programming question on style

[McIntosh Jason <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Had to drop an email and ask about this.

If you, as a programmer, see something like the following - is it bad, good, "spaghetti", ignore it, or what?

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if (mydate.save())

{

}else {

}

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and I do mean the above literally.  NOTHING inside of the if statement, just the if statement running a method.  Thoughts on this?

And, here's another style question:  the { on a newline after a statement or the end of the previous line.  For example:

if (testcase == 1) {

or

if (testcase == 1)

{

which is better.  I learned on the second example, and I find it clearer to understand.  However, Java for example uses the first example HEAVILY.  Thoughts/opinions?  Mostly I guess, is the first example an entirely Java thing, or did C ever use style like that?

Jason

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