[ESS] Formatting if else blocks

[A.J. Rossini]

I like the second version.  Primarily, because it solves the decision
path for things like:

if ( ) {

} else if {

  } else if {

    }

which can get really confusing by the 5th indentation (it's not my
code that I've had this problem with, hence I've preferred:

if ( ) {

} else {
  if (   ) {

  } else {
     if (    ) {

     }
  }
}

But perhaps it's just me.


On 10/19/05, Kevin Wright <kwright68 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a recommended way to format if..else blocks? I used to write my
> code this way:
>
> if(cond){
> print()
> }
> else {
> print()
> }
>
> You can't cut and paste this to the command line, so I've started to use:
>
> if(cond){
> print()
> } else {
> print()
> }
>
> Sometimes I don't need/use braces on the 'else' block
> if(cond){
> print()
> } else
> print()
>
> In this latter case, ESS doesn't indent the second print statement. Would it
> make sense for ESS to indent the line after "} else" or should I change my
> coding style?
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Kevin Wright
>
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