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This is silly for several reasons that I will list: *

Programming is not prose, so we can temper our expectations. *

Even in prose, some symbols belong on the left, and some belong on the right. *

The example given is no less readable than the alternative. *

It's more important to be consistent in style than correct to one person's opinion e.g. some people still batch edit source via macros and appreciate when curly braces are not in unexpected places.




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