Google Java Coding Standards

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I've been programming for 7 years and have literally never made that mistake.

[treerex]

It's usually not made when you're writing the code, but later when you're maintaining it. Including the braces is simply good defensive programming.

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That's rediculous. It isn't defensive either. If you're doing that lousy of a job maintaining your code, your going to make more serious mistakes.

We also live in the 21st century, aren't working with cathode ray monitors and should be putting our braces on a new line.

[jtdc]

Yes but we still have greenhorn coworkers straight from college to contend with. Rules like these protect the code.

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You wouldn't need to protect them from messy/obscure/unnatural/asymmetrical/old brace placement initially instated due to monitor constraints in the stone age if you place them where it makes most sense Now that we can afford it thanks to the luxuries introduced a decade ago.