[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24549: Follow the WP Handbook Standard, and change The Loop of Core Themes to Use Brackets

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#24549: Follow the WP Handbook Standard, and change The Loop of Core Themes to Use
Brackets
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 Reporter:  chriscct7                           |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Bundled Theme                       |  Review
 Severity:  normal                              |     Version:  trunk
 Keywords:  dev-feedback needs-codex has-patch  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by chriscct7):

 Replying to [comment:11 dd32]:
 > Replying to [comment:10 kovshenin]:
 > > -1. Basic and Pascal are thought in many schools and use if/endif for
 control structures, and CSS is not a programming language. Shorter is not
 necessarily faster, but is often more difficult to read, especially when a
 bunch of HTML is involved.
 >
 > To echo that, one of the primary reasons for using endif verses braces
 was to improve readability with large chunks of HTML, it's much harder to
 discern which brace ends a if or while than an explicit endif; and
 endwhile;.
 > I initially thought the old Coding style reflected that, but upon
 looking at the revisions I can't find a reference that backs it up.
 > Default themes have changed a bit since then though, and some of these
 changes concern if/endif wrapped around single lines which would be
 generally discouraged at present in core, but keeping it consistent
 through the theme should take higher precedence.
 >
 > http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4779#comment:19 is the only
 reference I can find to preferring if/endif where exiting PHP into blocks
 of HTML is involved, but it's by no means a definitive discussion

 If proper indentation is used it's not hard. Plus most editors will tell
 you. Touch a brace, and the editor will find it's partner. That isn't true
 for endifs

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