linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/17] checkpatch: square brackets -- exemption for array slices in braces

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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:12:56 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: [PATCH 01/17] checkpatch: square brackets -- exemption for array slices in braces

It is wholy reasonable to have square brackets representing array slices
in braces on the same line.  These should be spaced.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bc67793..6f821a0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1493,11 +1493,13 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for spacing round square brackets; allowed:
 #  1. with a type on the left -- int [] a;
-#  2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0..10] = 5,
+#  2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0...10] = 5,
+#  3. inside a curly brace -- = { [0...10] = 5 }
 		while ($line =~ /(.*?\s)\[/g) {
 			my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1);
 			if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ &&
-			    ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/)) {
+			    ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/) &&
+			    $prefix !~ /{\s+$/) {
 				ERROR("space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
-- 
1.6.0.rc1.258.g80295

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