linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] X86: Fix trailing statements should be on next line

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:43:21 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
CC:	Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] X86: Fix trailing statements should be on next line

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Hi Paolo,
> 
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:07:44AM +0100, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
>> Fix trailing statements should be on next line
> 
>> -if ( partial_status & SW_C3 )          printk("SW: condition bit 3\n");
...
>> +if ( partial_status & SW_Backward )
>> +printk("SW: backward compatibility\n");
...
> 
> Well, IMHO, the code was more readable and checkable in the initial
> version. I think this is one example of exceptions where code appearance
> is more important than style correctness.

Besides, the proposed style "fix" itself violates CodingStyle in at
least two obvious ways.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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