Blank lines exceptions

[vRallev]

With the upgrade to 0.11.1 some styles don't work anymore according to #65. But I find them really useful, e.g.

if (something) {
    doSomething1()
    doSomething1()
    doSomething1()
    doSomething1()

} else if (something1) {
    doSomething1()
    doSomething1()
    doSomething1()
    doSomething1()

} else {
    doSomething1()
    doSomething1()
}

I find the empty line useful for a better separation especially in longer chained if-else statements. Is there something I could do to allow this?

[shyiko]

How about

when {
    something -> {
        doSomething1()
        doSomething1()
        doSomething1()
        doSomething1()
    }
    something1 -> {
        doSomething1()
        doSomething1()
        doSomething1()
        doSomething1()
    }
    else -> {
        doSomething1()
        doSomething1()
    }
}

or better yet

when {
    something -> handleSomething()
    something1 -> handleSomething1()
    else -> handleSomethingElse()
}

?

Generally, if I find myself in a situation where a blank line is required to make code readable it usually means that it's too long and should be split.

P.S. https://github.com/shyiko/ktlint#how-do-i-suppress-an-error might be of interest but I strongly advise against it.

(I'm closing this issue as nothing is really broken but feel free to continue the discussion)

[vRallev]

Another example is a try-catch with multiple catch statements. There it becomes ugly :/