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[TimberWolf]

Ugh - why on a new line?

Because it improves readability, maintainability clarity... A curly brace on the same line makes a hideous mess of the code, so why do it? The first thing I do when I have to read code looking like that is to structure it properly. Not doing so just makes deciphering it unnecessarily difficult.

I had this discussion with somebody at a client a few years ago. I ended it by saying "Fine, you do it that way; I'll do it the right way."

Amateur

You'd really prefer something hideous looking such as:

for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
     if(i % 2 == 0) {
         doSomething(i);         
         doSomethingelse(i); 
         etc; }}

over :

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) 
{
    if (i % 2 == 0) 
    {
         doSomething(i); 
         doSomethingelse(i); 
         etc;
    }
}

[voodooflux]

Because it improves readability, maintainability clarity... A curly brace on the same line makes a hideous mess of the code, so why do it? The first thing I do when I have to read code looking like that is to structure it properly. Not doing so just makes deciphering it unnecessarily difficult.

WHS

I had this discussion with somebody at a client a few years ago. I ended it by saying "Fine, you do it that way; I'll do it the right way."

I have a similar running "jest" with a friend of mine, albeit his/your way are obviously the wrong way