RE: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

Ford, Mike <LSS> on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 11:00 AM said: > I know the braces vs. end-token debate is almost on the scale of a > holy war, and I admit to hating the curly-brace style with a passion, > but when I see code like this: > > function doit() > { > for() > { > if() > } > ... > } > else > { > ... > } // if > } // for > } > > I wonder why the heck the author didn't just go for the alternative > syntax with proper end-tokens and get the added value they deliver. You are correct. If I had in fact originally written my block of code with "// if" and "// for" it would make more sense to use the alternative syntax that you detailed in your original mail. But I /didn't/ use "// if" and "// for" therefore I wouldn't use the alternative syntax because it's just more characters to type and generates no useful benefit. And besides, it reminds me of my days of VBScript. blagh. I also think there may be something to say about how often a person checks their updates. I usually don't write more than a few lines of code before I try it out in the browser. Checking the code frequently makes it a trivial task to find syntax errors, especially since you know the error has to be contained within the tiny block of code you were just writing. Chris.