I don't particularly care which one you choose - although I admit to having a preference - but I want that style consistently applied throughout the project, so I'm not stumbling over stylistic differences as I'm scrolling through code trying to investigate something.
And keep in mind that this particular example, that some people can read clearly, is just five lines. When you're looking at a 3k line file, one of the dozen you're digging through during an outage, that shit matters.
You need to work with code from multitude of sources, then you will learn how to read code efficiently. And how futile are your dreams about styles. We are not supermodels and fasion designers, far from it, get over it!
I don't particularly care which one you choose - although I admit to having a preference - but I want that style consistently applied throughout the project, so I'm not stumbling over stylistic differences as I'm scrolling through code trying to investigate something.
And keep in mind that this particular example, that some people can read clearly, is just five lines. When you're looking at a 3k line file, one of the dozen you're digging through during an outage, that shit matters.