Guard makes things less readable because it "hides" variable declarations. If you break it out onto it's own line I'm sure it would make things look downright u

Guard makes things less readable because it "hides" variable declarations. If you break it out onto it's own line I'm sure it would make things look downright ugly. "Don't put multiple statements on a single line unless you have something to hide" - https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/CodingStyle https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/CodingStyle (If you disagree or if you think I said something wrong and my comment deserves to be hidden, I'd love to know why!)