It&#x27;s idiomatic style in the K community, e.g. here&#x27;s a random source file from kdb itself - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.kx.com&#x2F;wsvn&#x2F;code&#x2F;kx&#x2F;kdb%2B&#x2F;c&#x2F;c&#x2F;odbc.c" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.kx.com&#x2F;wsvn&#x2F;code&#x2F;kx&#x2F;kdb%2B&#x2F;c&#x2F;c&#x2F;odbc.c</a><p>Some members of that community prefer this style because they find it <i>more</i> readable.