[vortico]

The only problem that would solve is braindead code like

    if (something)
      doThis();
      andThat();

which is absolutely absurd to pass even basic code review. Even most compilers (clang, GCC, etc.) will warn you about that.

What omitting curly braces after `if` statements does do is make code ~1% more readable, which can have massive cumulative positive results in security and stability with a multi-million line codebase.

[Jach]

You say it's absurd, but many people will instinctively remember goto fail: https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html

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clang does not have such a warning, though clang-tidy and GCC do:

https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18938