Re: [MLUG] Quick programming question on style

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 6/3/05, McIntosh Jason <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 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?
> 
> ----------
> 
> if (mydate.save())
> {
> }else {
> }
> -----------
> 
> and I do mean the above literally.  NOTHING inside of the if statement, just
> the if statement running a method.  Thoughts on this?

That's bizarre.

I don't think it's good style to clutter the screen with stuff that
does nothing.

Some programmers (or their editors) type that whole sequence when they
begin an 'if' block, and then fill it in.  That saves a "stack level"
in the brain because you don't have to remember to close the block. 
To such a progammer, it would just look incomplete.

Regards,
Mark
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