$ wc -c a.cpp t.cpp 399 a.cpp 380 t.cpp 779 total $ cat t.cpp #include <iostream> using namespace std; namespace utils { template<typenam

$ wc -c a.cpp t.cpp 399 a.cpp 380 t.cpp 779 total $ cat t.cpp #include <iostream> using namespace std; namespace utils { template<typename T> T square(const T& n) { return n * n; } } int main() { int input(0); auto message("Please enter a positive number"); cout << message << ":\n"; cin >> input; if (input>0) { cout << "Result: " << utils::square(input) << "\n"; } else { cout << message << "\n"; } return 0; } $ cat a.cpp #include <iostream> using namespace std namespace utils template<typename T> auto square(const T& n) return n * n int main() auto input = 0 auto message = "Please enter a positive number" cout << message << ":" << endl cin >> input if input > 0 cout << "Result: " << utils::square(10) << endl else cout << message << endl return 0 I am not entirely convinced that t.cpp has any more or less noise than a.cpp and where exactly there is any sort of gain from this – I had more trouble indenting the second piece of code properly for HN than the first.