"one true brace style" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the one true brace style [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1}} the one true brace style
  1. (programming, informal) A source code formatting preference resembling K&R style, but where functions have their opening braces on the same line separated by a space, and the braces are not omitted for a control statement with only a single statement in its scope. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: 1TBS [initialism], OTBS [initialism]

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