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Code Craft
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Code Craft

by Pete Goodliffe
December 2006
Intermediate to advanced
610 pages
22h 58m
English
No Starch Press
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Brace Yourself

To illustrate the impact presentation has on source code and the trade-offs involved in choosing a particular style, this case study investigates an important C-related layout issue. By looking at the variation in this one simple area, we’ll see how important presentation is and what a profound impact it has on your code.

Brace positioning is a big concern for the curly bracket languages, although it’s really only a fraction of the total code layout problem. As the most immediately visible artifact, it generates about 80 percent of the fuss. Other languages have their own similar layout concerns.

There are a number of conventional brace positioning styles. Which you pick comes down to your sense of aesthetics, the culture you code ...

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