>I see it everywhere and it just adds noise, since it doesn't change the functionality of the code. I'm confused. It sounds like you're saying if (conditi

>I see it everywhere and it just adds noise, since it doesn't change the functionality of the code. I'm confused. It sounds like you're saying if (condition) { stuff(); other_stuff(); } is the same as if (condition) stuff(); other_stuff(); because the brackets don't change the functionality, but they do. I might be misreading what you're saying though.