5.2 Compound Statements

Compound statements are statements that contain lists of statements enclosed in braces  "{ statements }". See the following sections for examples.

• The enclosed statements should be indented one more level than the compound statement.
• The opening brace should be at the end of the line that begins the compound statement; the closing brace should begin a line and be indented to the beginning of the compound statement.
• Braces are used around all statements, even singletons, when they are part of a control structure, such as a if-else or for statement. This makes it easier to add statements without accidentally introducing bugs due to forgetting to add braces.