Always add braces

August 28, 2018

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Small matter of code style that I keep coming across.

Whether to write

if (thing) Action();

or

if (thing)
  Action();

or

if (thing)
{
	Action();
}

We should always use the braces to avoid introducing bugs when modifying the code manually or through merge tools.

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