Begin-End - Compound Only

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Only use BEGIN..END to enclose compound statements.

Bad code

IF FINDSET THEN BEGIN
    REPEAT
        ...
    UNTIL NEXT = 0;
END;

Good code

IF FINDSET THEN
    REPEAT
        ...
    UNTIL NEXT = 0;

Bad code

IF IsAssemblyOutputLine THEN BEGIN
    TESTFIELD("Order Line No.",0);
END;

Good code

IF IsAssemblyOutputLine THEN
    TESTFIELD("Order Line No.",0);

Bad code

IF FINDSET THEN
    REPEAT
        BEGIN
            ...
        END;
    UNTIL NEXT = 0;

Good code

IF FINDSET THEN
    REPEAT
        ...
    UNTIL NEXT = 0;

Exception

// Except for this case
IF X THEN BEGIN
    IF Y THEN 
        DO SOMETHING;
END ELSE (not X)
Last modified February 24, 2022: Added tags & categories + cleanup (5ee04366) by waldo1001