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@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ keyword. Example:
printf("a was something else entirely.\n");
}
+Note that 'else if' is considered a single statement; otherwise a long if/
+else if/else if/.../else sequence would need an indent for every else
+statement.
+
An exception is the opening brace for a function; for reasons of tradition
and clarity it comes on a line by itself: