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Message-Id: <20061215122659.ebccdede.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:26:59 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To: Jörn Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Scott Preece <sepreece@...il.com>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/v2] CodingStyle updates
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:11:27 +0000 Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Fri, 15 December 2006 09:00:37 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:07:17 +0100 Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > > Not in simple cases.
> > >
> > > 3*i + 2*j should be writen like that. Not like
> > > (3 * i) + (2 * j)
> >
> > I would just write it as:
> > 3 * i + 2 * j
>
> So would I. But I definitely wouldn't write
> for (i = 0; i < 10; i += 2)
I would and do (the above).
> because I prefer the grouping in
> for (i=0; i<10; i+=2)
>
> Pavel may have picked a bad example, but there are cases when spaces can
> be used to group code. Just as empty lines can be used to group code.
> And in both cases the reason should be "readability".
Agreed.
> Which variant is the most readable is a highly personal matter and may
> alos change over time for any group of people. I'd vote against a stone
> tablet with 10 commandments of taste. "Make it readable, use common
> sense" is so much better, imo.
then send patches :)
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~Randy
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