Question about style.

[Scott Rumrill]

When looking through the style guide, I noticed that there isn't a convention (that I could find) for where you put the semicolon at the end of a statement. Some statements in the style guide have a space then the semicolon, other statements have the the semicolon immediately following the statement without the space.

So, is there a specific convention we should follow? And should it be included in the style guide?

Scott

[Justin Simpson]

Scott

Personally I have started to leave a space before the semi-colon, ( I find it easier to see if I have missed it out !! ), in my opinion it looks better and is easier to read ( but that's my opinion ).

Justin

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

The rule is spaces around all identifiers.

Thus if you have something like
int i = 2 + sum ;
you need a space after sum.

On the other hand, if you have something like
int i = sum + 2;
since '2' is not an identifier, it is your choice whether to put a space after it or not.