linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/8] Documentation: update CodingStyle use of braces

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Date:	Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:22:19 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Antonio Ospite <ospite@...denti.unina.it>
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] Documentation: update CodingStyle use of braces

From: Antonio Ospite <ospite@...denti.unina.it>

After commit 38829dc highlight that if _only_one_ branch of a
conditional statement is a single statement, then braces are to be used
on both branches.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ospite@...denti.unina.it>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
---
 Documentation/CodingStyle |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- lnx1104.orig/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ lnx1104/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ if (condition)
 else
 	do_that();
 
-This does not apply if one branch of a conditional statement is a single
-statement. Use braces in both branches.
+This does not apply if only one branch of a conditional statement is a single
+statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches:
 
 if (condition) {
 	do_this();
--
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