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8 - White Space

8.1 Blank Lines

Blank lines improve readability by setting off sections of code that are logically related.

Two blank lines should always be used in the following circumstances:

One blank line should always be used in the following circumstances:

8.2 Blank Spaces

Blank spaces should be used in the following circumstances:

       while (true) {
           ...
       }

    a += c + d;
    a = (a + b) / (c * d);
    
    while (d++ = s++) {
        n++;
    }
    printSize("size is " + foo + "\n");

    for (expr1; expr2; expr3)

    myMethod((byte) aNum, (Object) x);
    myMethod((int) (cp + 5), ((int) (i + 3)) 
                                  + 1);


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