Do you use curly braces for additional scoping? [closed]

Answer 1

Yes, I use this technique because of RAII. I also use this technique in plain C since it brings the variables closer together. Of course, I should be thinking about breaking up the functions even more.

One thing I do that is probably stylistically controversial is put the opening curly brace on the line of the declaration or put a comment right on it. I want to decrease the amount of wasted vertical space. This is based on the Google C++ Style Guide recommendation..

/// c++ code
/// references to boost::test
BOOST_TEST_CASE( curly_brace )
{
  // init
  MyClass instance_to_test( "initial", TestCase::STUFF ); {
    instance_to_test.permutate(42u);
    instance_to_test.rotate_left_face();
    instance_to_test.top_gun();
  }
  { // test check
    const uint8_t kEXP_FAP_BOOST = 240u;
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( instance_to_test.get_fap_boost(), kEXP_FAP_BOOST);
  }
}