Comments on: Perl Style: The If / Else Statement http://elliottback.com/wp/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/ Internet & Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:40:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: LordOfTheDance http://elliottback.com/wp/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-2189352 LordOfTheDance Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:08:19 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/09/06/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-2189352 I think there are more important things to worry about, you anal twats. I think there are more important things to worry about, you anal twats.

]]> By: Robin http://elliottback.com/wp/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-2187900 Robin Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:40:28 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/09/06/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-2187900 I much prefer cuddled. I don't think that readability is hurt one bit, it's easy to read: } else { And it makes more sense to me. An "else" can't exist without an "if" - and you can't put anything in between the two. If you don't cuddle the else, it looks like a statement in its own right, meaning you could do something like: if(something) { } die "here"; else { } As you all know, this is syntactically incorrect. Hence why "} else {" makes more sense. I much prefer cuddled.

I don’t think that readability is hurt one bit, it’s easy to read:

} else {

And it makes more sense to me. An “else” can’t exist without an “if” – and you can’t put anything in between the two.

If you don’t cuddle the else, it looks like a statement in its own right, meaning you could do something like:

if(something) {
}
die “here”;
else {
}

As you all know, this is syntactically incorrect. Hence why “} else {” makes more sense.

]]> By: tim http://elliottback.com/wp/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-2182124 tim Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:20:21 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/09/06/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-2182124 I'm a little late to this conversation, but hey :) farker, It's more important than you think. Once you're required to maintain and support code you'll understand. yes, un-cuddled is easier to read, but most of all it's easier to work with when patching code. -Tim I’m a little late to this conversation, but hey :)

farker, It’s more important than you think. Once you’re required to maintain and support code you’ll understand.

yes, un-cuddled is easier to read, but most of all it’s easier to work with when patching code.

-Tim

]]> By: Dave http://elliottback.com/wp/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-2166541 Dave Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:55:15 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/09/06/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-2166541 Un-cuddled is easier to spot when quick-scanning unfamiliar code, for instance to distinguish from an elsif. And it's the same amount of text space - a bit more screen space, but sometimes that's a good thing. Un-cuddled is easier to spot when quick-scanning unfamiliar code, for instance to distinguish from an elsif. And it's the same amount of text space – a bit more screen space, but sometimes that's a good thing.

]]> By: farker http://elliottback.com/wp/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-924905 farker Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:40:05 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/09/06/perl-style-the-if-else-statement/#comment-924905 I think there are more important things to worry about, you anal twats. I think there are more important things to worry about, you anal twats.

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