Optional braces

[Nick Sabalausky]

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote in message 
news:j2rh7g$2tfq$1 at digitalmars.com...
>
> To this innocent-looking D code, do you see the problem?
>
> void foo(Pair[] sol) {
>    if (isSolution(sol[$-1]))
>        if (!best.length || sol.length < best.length)
>            best = sol.dup;
>    else
>        foreach (next; alternatives(sol[$-1]))
>            if (!canFind(sol, next))
>                foo(sol ~ [next]);
> }
>

That's why I always use braces to avoid the construct "if(cond) stmt; 
if(cond) stmt; else..."

>
> There is a situation where I'd like D to require braces:
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4375
>

That's a fantastic idea. It basically checks exactly what I've been relying 
on convention for.

*Only* potential problem I see with it is if someone wants to do this:

if(blah blah blah)
    if(useFoo) foo(); else bar();
else
    ...

That's fairly sensible code. Although I admit I've never come across a 
situation where I actually wanted to do that. So personally I wouldn't mind 
giving up the ability to do that.