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I agree with this, however this question isn't asking about whether or not to use them for single-line blocks. It's asking about when to use curly braces to delimit the block or the PHP-specific : endblock; style delimiters.

dontangg
– dontangg

2011-07-07 15:22:32 +00:00
Commented Jul 7, 2011 at 15:22
This is not the same issue as Joel is covering. this is about {...} vs <if/while/etc.>:...end<if/while/etc.>; it is a PHP specific construct.

Matt Ellen
– Matt Ellen

2011-07-07 15:23:00 +00:00
Commented Jul 7, 2011 at 15:23

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