From: Jeff G. <jg...@po...> - 2003-08-11 17:11:41
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Larry McVoy wrote: > A few comments on why I don't like this patch: > 1) It's a formatting only patch. That screws over people who are using > BK for debugging, now when I double click on these changes I'll get > to your cleanup patch, not the patch that was the last substantive > change. This is true, but at the same time, in Linux CodingStyle patches culturally acceptable. I think the general logic is just "don't go overboard; reformat a tiny fragment at a time." > 2) "if (expr) statement;" really ought to be considered legit coding style. > It's a one line "shorty" and it lets you see more of the code on a > screen. > > On the other hand, the author carried things too far when they did > > if (expr) statement; > else statement; > > that's too hard for your eyes to parse quickly IMO. tee hee :) This is why we have Documentation/CodingStyle, for just this type of discussion. I actually prefer your "author carried ... too far" example, with the reasoning: if you _must_ deviate from CodingStyle, at least don't run the damn lines together like if (test) foo else bar; or if (test) foo else bar; The alignment of the statements visually separates out the test more clearly. Jeff |