That is a good point. Linebreaks are an extra channel of meaning, sort of like body language and intonation going hand in hand with speech. Sometimes I would v

That is a good point. Linebreaks are an extra channel of meaning, sort of like body language and intonation going hand in hand with speech. Sometimes I would visually separate a short bit of code from its surroundings (and usually add a comment on top) to make it clear that it is a controversial bit that needs attention of the reader. The same mechanism applies in less extreme cases, lifting baseline legibility.