} else { just looks too good to be wrong. I used Allman style for my first ~10 years of programming, then switched to "compact" style†, and didn't find it a bi

} else { just looks too good to be wrong. I used Allman style for my first ~10 years of programming, then switched to "compact" style†, and didn't find it a big deal to adjust. Brace concerns melt away just like parens do in Lisp. † I think K&R does make use of new line braces, for functions.