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

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Date:	Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:12:32 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] checkpatch: putting the && or || on the wrong line

On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:38:38 PST, Joe Perches said:

> http://swerl.tudelft.nl/twiki/pub/Main/TechnicalReports/TUD-SERG-2009-008.pdf
> 
> RQ2 Are files or modules with a higher violation
> density more fault-prone?
> 
> This holds for 10 rules in the standard, with some reserva-
> tions. There is no reliable prediction for files without ac-
> tive development (no changes) nor for files without viola-
> tions. Also, the observed relation becomes less pronounced
> in time, as the number of registered open faults decreases.

In other words, code not written to style is like finding a brown M&M
at a Van Halen concert...

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