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    <p>Why does everyone tell me writing code like this is a bad practice?</p> <pre><code>if (foo) Bar(); //or for(int i = 0 i &lt; count; i++) Bar(i); </code></pre> <p>My biggest argument for omitting the curly braces is that it can sometimes be twice as many lines with them. For example, here is some code to paint a glow effect for a label in C#.</p> <pre><code>using (Brush br = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(15, GlowColor))) { for (int x = 0; x &lt;= GlowAmount; x++) { for (int y = 0; y &lt;= GlowAmount; y++) { g.DrawString(Text, this.Font, br, new Point(IconOffset + x, y)); } } } //versus using (Brush br = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(15, GlowColor))) for (int x = 0; x &lt;= GlowAmount; x++) for (int y = 0; y &lt;= GlowAmount; y++) g.DrawString(Text, this.Font, br, new Point(IconOffset + x, y)); </code></pre> <p>You can also get the added benefit of chaining <code>usings</code> together without having to indent a million times.</p> <pre><code>using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp)) { using (Brush brush = new SolidBrush(backgroundColor)) { using (Pen pen = new Pen(Color.FromArgb(penColor))) { //do lots of work } } } //versus using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp)) using (Brush brush = new SolidBrush(backgroundColor)) using (Pen pen = new Pen(Color.FromArgb(penColor))) { //do lots of work } </code></pre> <hr> <p>The most common argument for curly braces revolves around maintance programming, and the problems that would ensue by inserting code between the original if statement and its intended result:</p> <pre><code>if (foo) Bar(); Biz(); </code></pre> <hr> <h3>Questions:</h3> <ol> <li>Is it wrong to want to use the more compact syntax which the language offers? The people that design these languages are smart, I can't imagine they would put a feature which is always bad to use.</li> <li>Should we or Shouldn't we write code so the lowest common denominator can understand and have no problems working with it? </li> <li>Is there another argument that I'm missing?</li> </ol>
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    1. COThis comes across more like a rant than a question. It's like you're saying, "I know why it's bad but I just don't care."
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    2. COI gave what I think is the most common argument against my case. I am asking for other reasons why I might be wrong.
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    3. COArgumentative? Could you rephrase? The answer you gave and the answer the top person gave are 'the answer', so your question really is self-answering.
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