linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Explain a second alternative for multi-line macros.

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Message-Id: <20061231120345.6baccd97.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:03:45 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Explain a second alternative for
 multi-line macros.

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:09:03 +0200 Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 02:49:48PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
> > there would appear to be *lots* of cases where the ({ }) notation is
> > used when nothing is being returned.  i'm not sure you can be that
> > adamant about that distinction at this point.
> 
> IMHO, the main point of CodingStyle is to clarify how new code should
> be written and old code should've been written.

I agree.  We aren't trying to "fix" ancient history.

---
~Randy
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