Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For example I used to put the opening brace on a line of its own, mostly for simmetry reasons ( `{` in the same column as

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For example I used to put the opening brace on a line of its own, mostly for simmetry reasons ( `{` in the same column as the relevant `}` ). By the way, after many years I had to change it for coding style reasons. Now when I look back to old code and I see that lonely `{` my reaction is "ewww", so I guess it is also a matter of habit.