Re: pgindent versus struct members and typedefs

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Rahila Syed <rahilasyed90(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgindent versus struct members and typedefs
Date: 2025-12-03 17:25:27
Message-ID: 202512031723.4j5jk5sqv5rc@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2025-Dec-03, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> +1. One of the things I find particularly un-aesthetic is having some
> branches of an if statement with braces and some without. We have lots of
> cases of that, but I try to avoid it.

I actually prefer that style: when there are only two branches, and the
other branch of the if is long, I put the short one first without
braces, and then braces around the long "else" one.

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Álvaro Herrera PostgreSQL Developer — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
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