linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/19 v2] staging: comedi: amplc

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:27:41 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	<driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/19 v2] staging: comedi: amplc_pci230: remove unnecessary
 braces

On 2014-07-30 15:09, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 03:04:03PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
>> On 2014-07-30 14:41, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:53:47PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
>>>> ---
>>>> v2: Be less aggressive in brace removal.  Keep them for outer nested
>>>> 'if's.  Keep them in outer control statements where the inner control
>>>> statement uses braces.
>>>
>>> Really every multi-line indent should have braces for readability.  This
>>> isn't documented anywhere, but it's normal kernel style and Greg prefers
>>> it for staging as well but I can't find the URL on google where he
>>> mentioned that.
>>
>> With this version of the patch, amplc_pci230.c conforms to that --
>> as long as you don't count comments, or splitting a simple statement
>> across multiple lines to fit within 80 columns, e.g.:
>>
>> 			if (foo)
>> 				/* do this */
>> 				bar = baz +
>> 				      qux;
>
> Heh...  I am counting comments and broken lines, though.  It's not a
> totally strict rule and it's especially not strict for broken lines.
> But we would prefer braces in those situations.

If necessary, patches 13 and 19 can be dropped entirely.

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