Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add an example for braces
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Date: 2018-03-21 15:17:06
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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Date: 2018-03-21 15:17:06
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:04:02 -0500 Gary R Hook [off-list ref] wrote:
+Do use braces when a body is more complex than a single simple statement:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ if (condition) {
+ if (another_condition)
+ do_something();
+ }Somebody is sure to complain at some point that this should really be: if (condition && another_condition) do_something(); To head that off, I think I'll apply your first version instead, sorry Jani. In general I'm pretty reluctant to apply coding-style patches for the simple reason that I sure don't want to be the arbitrator of proper kernel style. This one seems to fit well within the accepted norms, though. Thanks, jon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html