Why do you not declare several variables of the same type on the same line?

Question

Why is it bad practice to declare variables on one line?

e.g.

private String var1, var2, var3

instead of:

private          


        

Answer 1

In my opinion, the main goal of having each variable on a separate line would be to facilitate the job of Version Control tools.

If several variables are on the same line you risk having conflicts for unrelated modifications by different developers.