[coldtea]

>People understand that the compiler/executable doesn't run any faster the less newlines there are, right?

As much as others understand that it's not like this is some obsfuscated thing with some bizarro code that eats newlines for breakfast.

Merely avoids 4-5 newlines anybody can easily add, only affecting 1 or 2 statements each. With newlines expanded it would still as small as it is.