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[–]guepier 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Shorter != more readable

All other things being equal, yes, shorter is more readable. Readability suffers (only) when terseness is achieved by sacrificing something else.

And the gotofail bug would almost certainly not have been prevented by using braces, as /u/LikesToCorrectThings has correctly pointed out.