DStyle: Braces on same line

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 07/13/2014 06:45 PM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d-learn 
wrote:
>
> Two consequences of adapting myself to Phobos style were that I realized
> (i)how little most of these things really matter,  and (ii) pretty much
> any stylistic choice carries both benefits and drawbacks.
> ...

Wrong. There are things which are simply bad ideas.

> E.g. in this case, "Egyptian"-style braces definitely make your code
> more compact,

I.e. you see where everything is.

> but separate-line opening braces definitely make it easier
> to see where scopes begin and end.

This is the only argument I have heard in favour of doing this, but it 
is not actually valid. This critique might apply to Lisp style.