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Add braces

Require braces around the bodies of if, else, for, while, and similar statements.

Description

Controls whether braces are required even for single-line statement bodies. Enforcing braces avoids a class of bugs where an added second statement is silently excluded from a conditional block.

Why it matters

Single-statement blocks without braces are a common source of "goto fail"-style bugs when code is later edited.

Examples

Avoid

if (cart.IsEmpty)
    return;

Prefer

if (cart.IsEmpty)
{
    return;
}

Configurable options

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csharp_prefer_braces

default: true

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