[Mono-dev] Coding guidelines confusion on braces

Miguel de Icaza miguel at novell.com
Tue May 27 11:16:16 EDT 2008


> Can someone clear up the confusion on whether braces should be on the same
> line as the class/namespace declaration, or on the next line?

Same line, there are a couple of samples on that page.

Jonathan does point a valid and interesting exception that we could
make.

> I once committed a patch in which I moved the braces to the same line as the
> declaration, and was then told it did not match the coding guidelines.

That was wrong, because that is how I like them ;-)

> Should braces for classes/namespaces be on the same line or the next line?

I use same line, but I will not sweat over different lines.

What I guess is not worth doing is making changes for the sake of making
them. 



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