[Development] Suggesting update brace placement following a multi-line if condition

Lorn Potter lorn.potter at gmail.com
Sun Jul 19 23:34:24 CEST 2026


On 16/7/26 19:14, Marc Mutz via Development wrote:
> I would therefore like to propose to allow placing the opening brace 
> on a separate line if the if condition is multi-line:
> // (now also) Correct if (address.isEmpty() || !isValid() || !codec) { 
> return false; }

But then there's a special carve-out of the rules for this one case 
(besides the function exception). To make the original more readable, 
simply use a new blank line after the opening brace.

and going forward there would be a mismatch of bracing styles for this 
new exception.

and ewww.. that new style would bother me because it looks out of place.





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