linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Mention multi-line macros using expressions

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:14:42 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Mention multi-line macros
 using expressions

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 13:32 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
[]
> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
[]
> +A newer technique is to use the GCC extension of being able to place
> +statements and declarations in an expression, as with this example from
> +the <linux/kernel.h> header file:
> +
> +#define roundup(x, y) (				\
> +{						\
> +        const typeof(y) __y = y;		\
> +        (((x) + (__y - 1)) / __y) * __y;	\
> +}						\
> +)

Hi Robert.

How about the phrase "GCC's statement expression extension"
or maybe give a link like:
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Statement-Exprs.html

Please put the opening ({ and closing )} on a single line.
It's shorter and makes grep easier.

#define statement_expression(args)		\
({						\
	etc					\
})


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