linux-kernel - Re: [patch] checkpatch: putting the && or || on the wrong line

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Message-ID: <20110104164414.GX5875@const.bordeaux.inria.fr>
Date:	Tue, 4 Jan 2011 17:44:14 +0100
From:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	joe@...ches.com
Subject: Re: [patch] checkpatch: putting the && or || on the wrong line

J. Bruce Fields, le Tue 04 Jan 2011 11:38:36 -0500, a écrit :
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 08:59:00AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > This patch makes checkpatch.pl complain if you break up conditions in
> > the wrong way.
> > 
> > Wrong:
> > 	if ((really_long_condition)
> > 		&& (second_condition)) { ...
> > Right:
> > 	if ((really_long_condition) &&
> > 		(second_condition)) { ...
> 
> As far as I can tell, the convention in mathematical typesetting is to
> put operators on the left, not the right.  When the conditions are short
> of there are more lines, that allows you to left-align on the repeated
> operator.

I personnally find the left approach more readable.

Samuel
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