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title: Don't add blank lines
date: 2024-09-26
permalink: daily/2024/09/26/dont-add-blank-lines
tags:
  - software-development
cta: ~
snippet: |
  Should you add blank lines in your code?
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I recently saw a social media post that said something like "Don't add blank lines within functions. They take up space and don't add anything".

I may have misremembered the exact wording, but that was the gist of it.

I like to add blank lines within my functions to create and add separation between logical blocks of code.

Whilst this doesn't add anything for a computer parsing and serving the code, or a CI pipeline performing checks, it makes the code easier for people to read and understand which, it my opinion, adds its own value - even if the functionality is the same.