linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels

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Message-ID: <4663B84E.2060103@goop.org>
Date:	Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:59:26 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Chen Li-jun <cljun@...ou.edu.cn>,
	Wang Ya-gang <lazy_linux@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels

WANG Cong wrote:
> I just wonder, if a goto label is nested in a while/for/if/switch block, aligning it in
> the first column maybe a bit ugly. (I know mostly it is not in any while/for/if/switch block.)
>   

In general goto labels are not scoped, so there's no point in pretending
they are.  It might make sense to indent a label deeper if you've
actually declared it local (__label__).

    J
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